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The Woman Who Named God: Abraham's Dilemma and the Birth of Three Faiths
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Author
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Charlotte Gordon.
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Little, Brown
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hardcover
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9.5
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6.25
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ISBN
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9780316114745
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Pages/Publication Date
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375/2009
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Daedalus Item Code
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21304
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Description
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The author of the Massachusetts Book Award Honor Book Mistress Bradstreet (a feminist take on the life of 17th-century Puritan pioneer Anne Bradstreet), poet and historian Charlotte Gordon here turns to the founding family of the world's major monotheistic faiths. She considers the relationships between Abraham, his first wife Sarah, and particularly his second wife Hagar, Sarah's handmaid, who bore Abraham's firstborn son Ishmael but was sent into the desert after the birth of Sarah's son Isaac. It was in the wilderness that Hagar heard the voice of God, whom she named El Roi, and in her story of exile Gordon finds the underpinnings of tensions between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. "A refreshing viewpoint.... Gordon focuses on the roles of Sarah and Hagar, Abraham's wife and concubine, and mothers to two great nations. Acknowledging the short shrift given these two remarkable women, the author provides a closer examination of their roles.... Gordon adds something new to an already full body of scholarship on Abraham."—Kirkus Reviews "Gordon examines all the familiar features of the story but pays particular attention to the human feelings of jealousy and distrust that affected the trio.... She offers perceptive insights into an ancient story whose consequences continue to reverberate."—Richmond Times-Dispatch
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