Womanist Midrash, Volume 2, Wilda C. Gafney
Womanist Midrash, Volume 2, Wilda C. Gafney
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Womanist Midrash, Volume 2
A Reintroduction to the Women of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings

Author: Wilda C. Gafney

Narrator: Wilda C. Gafney

Unabridged: 14 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/11/2025


Synopsis

Womanist Midrash, Volume 2, continues Wilda Gafney's unique and imaginative work of in-depth explorations of the well- and lesser-known women of the Hebrew Scriptures.

This volume focuses on women and girls in Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings. As in her successful and widely read first volume, Gafney uses her own translations and offers midrashic interpretations of the biblical text rooted in the African American preaching and rabbinic traditions to tell the stories of a variety of female characters, many of whom are often overlooked and nameless. Grounded in rigorous scholarship, this volume employs solid womanist and feminist approaches to biblical interpretation and the sociohistorical culture of the ancient Afro-Asiatic world, expanding conversations of and about biblical interpretation.

About Wilda C. Gafney

Wilda C. Gafney is associate professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas. She is the author of Daughters of Miriam: Women Prophets in Ancient Israel and coeditor of The People's Bible and The People's Companion to the Bible.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Catherine on December 13, 2024

I pre-ordered this book years ago, literally the day I discovered it existed. How has no one read this yet?? Update: this book is phenomenal as I knew it must be. I didn't start from the beginning, but the first page that I read had me in tears. Profound and beautiful truth telling.......more

Goodreads review by Sara on June 05, 2025

This is an excellent resource book for Biblical scholars. Dr. Gafney pulls out every woman mentioned, both named and unnamed, in the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings, summarizes their stories, pulling in extra analysis through the Hebrew words and details of life in these times. At the end......more