Tammi J. Schneider is Associate Professor of Religion at Claremont Graduate University. She also co-directs the renewed excavations at Tel el-Far'ah (South) in Israel. She is a project director at the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity and serves on the Board of Trustees for the American Schools of Oriental Research. She recently published Judges in the Berit Olam series and is the editor for the Ancient Near East section of Religious Studies Review.

'In just over 120 pages this is quite a tour de force, but the author manages to keep her readers' attention through clearly structured chapters which ultimately invite us to take another look at those familiar stories ourselves.' 'This is a small and relatively specialized book, but it is an important contribution to feminist hermeneutics and to biblical scholarship in general.' Epworth Review

• Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Beginning of the Story: Genesis 11; 2. Establishing Relationships: Genesis 12 13; 3. Changing Status: Genesis 14 17; 4. The Three Messengers' Announcement: Genesis 18 19; 5. The Evolving Family: Genesis 20 22; 6. Sarah's End: Genesis 23; Conclusions; Appendix: The New Testament; Bibliography; Index

Tammi J. Schneider is Associate Professor of Religion at Claremont Graduate University. She also co-directs the renewed excavations at Tel el-Far'ah (South) in Israel. She is a project director at the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity and serves on the Board of Trustees for the American Schools of Oriental Research. She recently published Judges in the Berit Olam series and is the editor for the Ancient Near East section of Religious Studies Review.

'In just over 120 pages this is quite a tour de force, but the author manages to keep her readers' attention through clearly structured chapters which ultimately invite us to take another look at those familiar stories ourselves.' 'This is a small and relatively specialized book, but it is an important contribution to feminist hermeneutics and to biblical scholarship in general.' Epworth Review

• Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Beginning of the Story: Genesis 11; 2. Establishing Relationships: Genesis 12 13; 3. Changing Status: Genesis 14 17; 4. The Three Messengers' Announcement: Genesis 18 19; 5. The Evolving Family: Genesis 20 22; 6. Sarah's End: Genesis 23; Conclusions; Appendix: The New Testament; Bibliography; Index

Tammi J. Schneider is Associate Professor of Religion at Claremont Graduate University. She also co-directs the renewed excavations at Tel el-Far'ah (South) in Israel. She is a project director at the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity and serves on the Board of Trustees for the American Schools of Oriental Research. She recently published Judges in the Berit Olam series and is the editor for the Ancient Near East section of Religious Studies Review.

'In just over 120 pages this is quite a tour de force, but the author manages to keep her readers' attention through clearly structured chapters which ultimately invite us to take another look at those familiar stories ourselves.' 'This is a small and relatively specialized book, but it is an important contribution to feminist hermeneutics and to biblical scholarship in general.' Epworth Review

• Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Beginning of the Story: Genesis 11; 2. Establishing Relationships: Genesis 12 13; 3. Changing Status: Genesis 14 17; 4. The Three Messengers' Announcement: Genesis 18 19; 5. The Evolving Family: Genesis 20 22; 6. Sarah's End: Genesis 23; Conclusions; Appendix: The New Testament; Bibliography; Index