Midrash She Wrote: Jewish Women's Writing on the Bible

Recent years have witnessed a rapidly increasing number of books and articles on the Hebrew Bible written by Jewish women. This article considers a number of recent works written for academic and non-academic audiences which illustrate the range and variety of Jewish women's writing on the Bible. To provide some focus within this diverse group, the survey will concentrate on works which reflect on the biblical portrayal of the matriarch Sarah. In each case, the purpose, method, and content will be surveyed briefly in order to uncover the ways in which the writer situates herself with respect to the Bible, the Jewish and academic interpretive traditions, and the relevance of the biblical material to contemporary Jewish women.