Eve's Bible: A Woman's Guide to the Old Testament

By Sarah S. Forth and Sarah S. Forth, Ph.D.

Book Overview

Whatever the reason--"it's too complicated, too big, too old, too many men and too few women, and anyway, I don't know whether I believe it or not"-- Eve's Bible helps explain the Old Testament to readers regardless of their religious affiliation. Eve's Bible challenges conventional ideas about women in the Bible, and shows readers how to draw upon the deep wellsprings of their own truth to interpret the Bible in new and liberating ways. With Eve's Bible as their companion, readers will be able to: * Recognize and read the Old Testament's literary building blocks: histories, stories, laws, poetry, prophecy, and wisdom. *Answer the question, "Is the Bible historical?"* Learn how women in the biblical era lived * Learn why the biblical Deity is such a complex character * Derive meaning from scripture by balancing left-brained inquiry with heart-felt intuition. *Become their own authority on the Bible A friendly guide that anticipates readers' questions and concerns, Eve's Bible helps readers find their way through the Bible with intelligence and verve.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312341032
• ISBN13: 9780312341039
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Book

Sarah provides amazing insite and knowledge into the old testament providing extensive historical context. I enjoyed this book for the stories and general biblical information.

Eve's Bible

Raised in the Roman Catholic church of the 1950s, I never learned "The Bible" firsthand. We were not encouraged to read Scripture for ourselves, even the New Testament, much less the Old Testament (sometimes called the Hebrew Bible, but not identical). Now a Unitarian Universalist ministerial candidate, and the product of a fine seminary education ~ I still always wondered how it happened that women in the OT were nearly non-existent and mostly silent, even if noted by name in the Bible. Yet they were half of the population, and very influential in many ways. Sarah Forth's user-friendly and deeply resourced book helps explain how to read OT Scripture, how to recognize women's voices in OT Scripture, and how to read with appreciation of OT context. Now if we could just get her to do the same for the New Testament!