Listen to Her Voice: Women of the Hebrew Bible

By Miki Raver

Book Overview

Eve, Sarah, Rachel, Delilah, Ruth-their names live on, but their ancient stories have long been obscured. In this sumptuously illustrated retelling of the lives of 18 women in the Hebrew Bible, we are reunited with Deborah, the warrior prophetess, Tamar, the sacred prostitute, Esther, the harem girl turned savior queen, and many other remarkable female figures. Author Miki Raver pairs each of these vibrant and daring tales with an eloquent meditation on their meaning for modern women. Beautiful reproductions of classic biblical art from such masters as Rubens, Blake, Brueghel, Raphael, Rembrandt, and Chagall illustrate these powerful women's dramatic stories. Including a foreword by Lynn Gottlieb, this rich marriage of art, literature, and spirituality offers substantive and entertaining reading, as well as a fresh entry into traditional faith. The perfect Chanukah or Bat Mitzvah present, Listen to Her Voice is a provocative book to treasure and share.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811818950
• ISBN13: 9780811818957
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"

Customer Reviews

Listen to Her Voice: Women of the Hebrew Bible

This is the most wonderful Book I have ever read. I wished I could have had a book like this in my 20's . Mothers, buy this for your daughters. Nothing I have ever read has given me so much. This is Book is a treasure. Pamela Patterson Port Arthur, Texas

Loved This Fine Book

I found the book most enlightening. It seems that so much of religous thought and teaching of Judao/Chritian religions Leave out the feminine voices and personalities of the old testament. I was very impressed with what these women accomplished with their lives and with Layne Redmond's midrash type commentary after each. I learned more than I have for years about God / Goddess working through people.

A "must" for everyone, especially young adults.

This is an enlightening piece of work. I suggest it for everyone, especially young men and women entering adulthood. It makes a great Bar or Bat Mitzvah gift!!!

A profound and beautiful book exploring women of the Bible.

For a woman who has rarely if ever entered the world of the Bible without being daunted by the emphasis on the masculine, this book is an exquisite exploration into the Bible's women, into their connection with contemporary women, validating at once their intelligence, their sexuality, their emotional passion ... ultimately, at least for me, their connection to the modern woman. A no holds barred look at women without being intimidated by the Book that holds their stories. And, is it not amusing, that the cover image of Rebecca looks almost exactly like Monica Lewinsky although the story that most resembles Monica's is actually Delilah's. A great Chanukah or Bat Mitzvah gift.

This is the most beautiful book I have ever read.

Miki Raver gently guides and encourages the reader to know of the lives of women who are as real in 1998 as they were in history. I could not put this book down and treasure it. I hope the author writes another one soon. It makes a fabuous gift.