Between Woman, Man And God A New Interpretation of the Ten Commandments

According to the demands of the Decalogue, manhood entails the avoidance of stealing, killing, and coveting, not to mention apostasy and violation of the Sabbath and other men's property. What, then, would be the essence of womanhood, if different? By selecting female characters' narratives as interpretative clues for the "law," this book presents a legal, behavioral, and representational reading of the Decalogue. Beginning with an analysis of the legal contents of each Commandment through allied legal texts which relate to women and to the feminine, each chapter continues with an investigation of the ways in which the activities of the female and male protagonists of select narratives elucidate the range of Commandments.Sivan, Hagith is the author of 'Between Woman, Man And God A New Interpretation of the Ten Commandments', published 2005 under ISBN 9780567080554 and ISBN 0567080552.