Reading the Lines：A Fresh Look at the Hebrew Bible

內容簡介

Rashomon and the biblical creation narratives -- What Cain said : a note on Genesis 4:8 -- Take my wife, please : on the utility of the wife/sister motif -- Hagar requited -- Dead men tell no tales : on the motivation of Joseph's brothers -- Bridegroom of blood : a new reading -- Spoiled child : a fresh look at Jephthah's daughter -- Collusion at Nob : a new reading of 1 Samuel 21-22 -- Eating the blood : Saul and the Witch of Endor -- Cupidity and stupidity : woman's agency and the "rape" of Tamar -- Vindicating God : another look at 1 Kings 13.