Fragmented women - J. Cheryl Exum

In the biblical narratives, women are usually minor characters in the
stories of men. Fragments of women's 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 women's stories
from androcentric texts like the Bible, it is necessary to step outside
the ideology of the text, subverting the patriarchal perspective that
has focused attention on the male characters. In this classic work, J. Cheryl Exum draws on feminist literary theory to critique the dominant male voice of the biblical narrative and to construct (sub)versions of women's stories from the submerged strains of their voices in men's stories. For this Cornerstones edition Exum has provided a reflective introduction on the book's impact, and upon how the field has changed since it was published.