New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Haftarah Portions, the 5 Megillot & Special Shabbatot

The Haftarah is a potent tool for understanding the values, ethics, and moral lessons contained in the Torah readings. In this first-of-its-kind volume, more than eighty women rabbis from the Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist movements offer fresh perspectives on the beloved texts that make up the Haftarah—the Prophets and Writings—and the Five Megillot.

Based on readings that are rich in imagery—some poetic, some narrative, some dark and brooding—their commentaries include surprising insights on the stories of Deborah and Yael, David and Goliath, David and Bathsheva, and the witch of Endor, among many others. Themes such as Jerusalem as woman, the story of Jonah and the fish, and other prophetic images are informed and challenged by this groundbreaking work.

A rich resource, a major contribution to modern biblical commentary, and the ideal companion to The Women’s Torah Commentary, The Women’s Haftarah Commentary will inspire all of us to gain deeper meaning from the Hebrew scriptures and a heightened appreciation of Judaism.

"The essays in this book expanded my mind and my heart. The references to women in the weekly haftarah readings are greater in number than anyone might have imagined and keener in insight into women’s psyches and life experiences. The writers’ provocative comments will linger in your mind for days, forcing you to rethink what the prophets were saying to their own audience and to men and women today."

—Judith Hauptman, author, Rereading the Rabbis: A Woman’s Voice; professor of Talmud, The Jewish Theological Seminary
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The Women's Haftarah Commentary 
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing

Edited by Rabbi Elyse Goldstein

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New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Haftarah Portions, the 5 Megillot & Special Shabbatot

The Haftarah is a potent tool for understanding the values, ethics, and moral lessons contained in the Torah readings. In this first-of-its-kind volume, more than eighty women rabbis from the Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist movements offer fresh perspectives on the beloved texts that make up the Haftarah—the Prophets and Writings—and the Five Megillot.

Based on readings that are rich in imagery—some poetic, some narrative, some dark and brooding—their commentaries include surprising insights on the stories of Deborah and Yael, David and Goliath, David and Bathsheva, and the witch of Endor, among many others. Themes such as Jerusalem as woman, the story of Jonah and the fish, and other prophetic images are informed and challenged by this groundbreaking work.

A rich resource, a major contribution to modern biblical commentary, and the ideal companion to The Women’s Torah Commentary, The Women’s Haftarah Commentary will inspire all of us to gain deeper meaning from the Hebrew scriptures and a heightened appreciation of Judaism.

"The essays in this book expanded my mind and my heart. The references to women in the weekly haftarah readings are greater in number than anyone might have imagined and keener in insight into women’s psyches and life experiences. The writers’ provocative comments will linger in your mind for days, forcing you to rethink what the prophets were saying to their own audience and to men and women today."

—Judith Hauptman, author, Rereading the Rabbis: A Woman’s Voice; professor of Talmud, The Jewish Theological Seminary
 
 
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