The Feminine Unconventional: Four Subversive Figures in Israel's Tradition

These marvelous stories! This volume is a womans canon presented with scholarship and wit. I thoroughly enjoyed it. - Susan B. Thistlethwaite In his treatment of Judith LaCocque reflects on the paradox that Judith - more woman-oriented than (the conceivably female-authored) Susanna - was probably written by a man. He concludes that this deserves to be celebrated: The best advocates for a cause are those who are not self-serving. LaCocque appears to plead his own cause here as he celebrates the underrepresented but bold interventions of women on behalf of God for Israel and the world. As literature and as individuals Susanna Judith Esther and Ruth accomplish a peripeteia that allows God to convict convert and save. - Christopher R. Seitz