Wendy Zierler is assistant professor of modern Jewish literature and feminist studies at Hebrew Union College--Jewish Institute of Religion, New York.
And Rachel Stole the Idols has commendable grounding in biblical
and rabbinic sources; by bridging these classic sources, modern
uses of them, and contemporary feminist theory, Zierler brings to
English readers a sense of the profoundly polyphonic, intertextual
richness of Hebrew poetry."--Naomi Sokoloff "University of
Washington"
Zierler shows how a number of talented female poets and writers
took control of the language of Hebrew literary culture and
impressed on it their own feminine (and sometimes feminist) styles,
values, and images. With many original translations and a
stimulating combination of Jewish literary and feminist
scholarship, And Rachel Stole the Idols is an important
contribution to the growing and diverse field of Jewish women's
studies.-- "Jewish Book World"
Zierler's work has made a worthy contribution to the field of
women's literature and to rewriting the history of Modern Hebrew
literature."-- "Shofar"
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