Fragmented Women: Feminist

by J. Cheryl Exum

In the biblical narratives, women are usually minor characters in the stories of men. Fragments of women's stories must be gleaned from the more cohesive stories of their fathers, husbands and sons. Fragmented Women begins with the premise that, to recover shards of women's stories from androcentric texts like the Bible, it is necessary to step outside the ideology of the text, subverting the patriarchal perspective that has focused attention on the male characters. In this important new work, the author draws on contemporary feminist literary theory to critique the dominant male voice of the biblical narrative and to construct (sub)versions of women's stories from the submerged strains of their voices in men's stories.>

Genres: History

223 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1993

Reviews

[Stephen Bigger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent group of papers on feminist Bible interpretation. More info on http://ancienthebrewmarriage.blogspot...

[Kim Matheson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good writer, Exum's book was easy to follow. I particularly enjoyed her discussion of the Genesis matriarchs literary purpose in serving a male agenda, and the psychoanalytic reading of the "wife-swapping" stories in chapter 5. Really a delightful read!