Warrior, Dancer, Seductress, Queen: Women in Judges and Biblical Israel

by Susan Ackerman

Some of the Bible's most memorable characters are the women in the book of Judges. From Deborah and Jael to Delilah and Samson's mother, these women led the Israelites in battle, used their wits to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385484240
• ISBN13: 9780385484244
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Anchor Bible
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.9" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Challenging reading - but worth it!

Reading this work by Ackerman opened a whole new world to me: the rich variety of women in the Book of Judges. I must admit that I had never really noticed before that almost all of the women in Genesis and in Exodus acted mainly to preserve the life of a male or the continuation of a male lineage. (For example, all those wonderful women in the early chapters of Exodus - Shiphrah, Puah, Miriam, Jochebed, the daughter of the king - were trying to save the life of Moses). But in Judges we encounter a feast of women of all sorts of different types. I must also confess that at times I found Ackerman's interpretations very challenging - both intellectually and spiritually, but the benefits gained by reading this book were worth the challenges.