tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post6579359900543214216..comments2024-01-29T06:02:39.583-08:00Comments on Suzanne's Bookshelf: Half the SkySuzanne McCarthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07033350578895908993noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-17003003702873885152023-10-10T02:12:44.079-07:002023-10-10T02:12:44.079-07:00Hi!Hi!Princess Diarieshttps://tkcl.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-22878218074484890302011-06-10T11:52:40.664-07:002011-06-10T11:52:40.664-07:00Reminds me of the book 'Texts of Terror' b...Reminds me of the book 'Texts of Terror' by Phyllis Trible.E.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09525989951162501357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-89819946671847769872011-05-29T22:32:48.616-07:002011-05-29T22:32:48.616-07:00Now I need to watch some late night comedy to chee...Now I need to watch some late night comedy to cheer me up.Suzanne McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033350578895908993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-55940306075406957552011-05-29T20:43:11.258-07:002011-05-29T20:43:11.258-07:00Egyptian cleric Sa'd Arafat on Al Rahma TV exp...Egyptian cleric Sa'd Arafat on Al Rahma TV explains how Allah teaches men the proper way to beat their wives: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Tw7WhH_aQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Tw7WhH_aQ</a>Theophrastushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04981876713019298465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-60992901142409169822011-05-29T19:38:40.977-07:002011-05-29T19:38:40.977-07:00Excellent! Yes, Jael did fight back.Excellent! Yes, Jael did fight back.Suzanne McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033350578895908993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-47757004224077258132011-05-29T18:49:09.539-07:002011-05-29T18:49:09.539-07:00Jael WAS violent. :o)Jael WAS violent. :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-30646360128330930302011-05-29T12:11:38.088-07:002011-05-29T12:11:38.088-07:00Yes, Abigail of course and perhaps Rahab. But I am...Yes, Abigail of course and perhaps Rahab. But I am not sure how Michal fits this. <br /><br />But overall, gender violence gets little notice. There is the concubine, killed by wicked people. But this book Half the Sky is about cultures where gender violence is part of daily life.Suzanne McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033350578895908993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19505042.post-35943256582639026042011-05-29T08:54:07.011-07:002011-05-29T08:54:07.011-07:00"There is no story in the Bible of a woman si..."<i>There is no story in the Bible of a woman simply refusing to live a life of violence.</i>"<br /><br />Which implies the possibility of a choice <i>for</i> violence not taken?<br /><br />One could read each of Rahab, Abigail, and Michal as refusing the violent life on offer (I wonder about Zipporah, too). But perhaps these aren't "simple refusals"?David Reimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886492671751634816noreply@blogger.com