Hagar, Sarah, and Their Children: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives

by Phyllis Trible

Book Overview

In different ways, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all trace their beginnings to Abraham. His wives, Hagar and Sarah, though also pivotal in the story, have received far less attention. In this book,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664229824
• ISBN13: 9780664229825
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Great book

Trible provides some excellent insight into women's roles in the history of the three big religious traditions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; it's a good read, pretty quick, and opens your eyes to the huge role gender plays in the biblical narratives, even though gender tends to be downplayed by the Christian church and arguably even the biblical accounts themselves.