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The women of Genesis (Eve, Sarah, Hagar, Rebekah, Leah, and Rachel) intrigued and informed the lives of nineteenth-century women. These women read the biblical stories for themselves and looked for ways to expand, reinforce, or challenge the traditional understanding of women's lives. They communicated their readings of Genesis using diverse genres ranging from poetry to commentary.
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Let Her Speak For Herself Nineteenth-Century Women Writing on Women in Genesis
; Marion ANN Taylor and Heather E. Weir
Let Her Speak for Herself
Frontispiece from Naomi by Chara Broughton Conant (American Tract Society, 1898)
Let Her Speak for Herself Nineteenth-Century Women Writing on the Women of Genesis
Marion Ann Taylor and Heather E. Weir Editors
Baylor University Press Waco, Texas
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Let her speak for herself : nineteenth-century women writing on women in Genesis / Marion A. Taylor and Heather Weir, editors. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN-13: 978-1-932792-53-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Bible. O.T. Genesis--Feminist criticism. 2. Women in the Bible. I. Taylor, Marion Ann. II. Weir, Heather. BS1235.52.L48 2006 222'.110922082--dc22 2006019739
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To our foremothers in faith, known and unknown, who read, interpreted, and taugh