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452 Book Reviews / Biblical Interpretation 18 (2010) 418-527 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI: 10.1163/156851510X503172 Jeroboam’s Wife: Th e Enduring Contributions of the Old Testament’s Least-Known Women . By Robin Gallaher Branch. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2009. Pp. xxiii + 270. Robin Gallaher Branch’s book, Jeroboam’s Wife: Th e Enduring Contributions of the Old Testament’s Least-Known Women, analyzes stories of less prominent women in the Hebrew Bible. Her work seeks to rectify the paucity of literature she fi nds on women who serve in supporting roles in Biblical narrative. By focusing on seven female fi gures that fi ll out the background in Biblical narrative, she highlights their contributions in these texts. Th ese female characters include: Miriam, Rizpah, the Wise Woman of Abel Beth Maacah, the wife of Jereboam, the Gentile widow in Zarephath, Namaan’s wife’s Israelite slave girl, and Athaliah. In Branch’s study of these female Biblical characters, she primarily uses narrative criticism and devotes an entire chapter to a discussion of techniques and tools used in storytelling. Some of these narrative strategies, she argues, include: cameo appearances to make a point, silence, and the use of minor characters to move the plot forward. I especially
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Published: Jan 1, 2010
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