About this Book

In the narratives of the Bible, women are usually minor characters in the stories of men. Fragments of womens stories must be gleaned from the more cohesive stories of their fathers, husbands, and sons. Fragmented Women begins with the premise that to recover shards of womens stories from androcentric texts like the Bible, it is necessary to step outside the ideology of the text, shaking off the patriarchal perspective that has focused attention on male characters.