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Woman at the Window: Biblical Tales of Oppression and Escape (review)

Woman at the Window: Biblical Tales of Oppression and Escape (review) Woman at the Window: Biblical Tales of Oppression and Escape (review) Carl E. Savage Hebrew Studies, Volume 41, 2000, pp. 256-258 (Review) Published by National Association of Professors of Hebrew DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/hbr.2000.0008 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/437871/summary Access provided at 18 Feb 2020 04:45 GMT from JHU Libraries Hebrew Studies 41 (2000) 256 Reviews around her interpretation (a step that Jacques Derrida recommends; see his Limited Inc., 1988, p. 141). "Why Ask My Name?" addresses questions that this reader has pon­ dered, such as how some anonymous chamcters in the Hebrew Bible man­ age to linger in the reader's mind, long after an encounter with the narra­ tive. Their identity comes through, even in that interplay with anonymity. Reinhartz explores this as well as how anonymity manages to destabilize chamcter, certainly an important issue. lbrough Reinhartz's detailed analy­ sis of the presence of anonymity she shows anonymity to be something more than the monolithic existence of unnamed chamcters in Hebrew nar­ rative. lbrough her patient, detailed exposition she shows anonymity to be a multi-faceted phenomenon with sophisticated nuances in individual pas­ sages. The book remains very accessible and readable throughout. Postmo­ demists and more traditional exegetes alike http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Hebrew Studies National Association of Professors of Hebrew

Woman at the Window: Biblical Tales of Oppression and Escape (review)

Hebrew Studies , Volume 41 – Oct 5, 2011

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National Association of Professors of Hebrew
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Woman at the Window: Biblical Tales of Oppression and Escape (review) Carl E. Savage Hebrew Studies, Volume 41, 2000, pp. 256-258 (Review) Published by National Association of Professors of Hebrew DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/hbr.2000.0008 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/437871/summary Access provided at 18 Feb 2020 04:45 GMT from JHU Libraries Hebrew Studies 41 (2000) 256 Reviews around her interpretation (a step that Jacques Derrida recommends; see his Limited Inc., 1988, p. 141). "Why Ask My Name?" addresses questions that this reader has pon­ dered, such as how some anonymous chamcters in the Hebrew Bible man­ age to linger in the reader's mind, long after an encounter with the narra­ tive. Their identity comes through, even in that interplay with anonymity. Reinhartz explores this as well as how anonymity manages to destabilize chamcter, certainly an important issue. lbrough Reinhartz's detailed analy­ sis of the presence of anonymity she shows anonymity to be something more than the monolithic existence of unnamed chamcters in Hebrew nar­ rative. lbrough her patient, detailed exposition she shows anonymity to be a multi-faceted phenomenon with sophisticated nuances in individual pas­ sages. The book remains very accessible and readable throughout. Postmo­ demists and more traditional exegetes alike

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Hebrew StudiesNational Association of Professors of Hebrew

Published: Oct 5, 2011

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