Recommended Reading
A growing list of works cited for this project.
Recommended Reading
Countless book, articles, conversations and contemplations have shaped the poems, commentary, and translations that make up The Life of H: Sarah, Reimagined. The sources listed here are just a mere fraction of the ones I’d like to share with you.
Books
Alter, Robert. The Art of Bible Translation. Princeton University Press, 2020.
Alter, Robert. Genesis Translation and Commentary. W.W. Norton & Company, 1997.
Armstrong, Karen. In the Beginning: A New Interpretation of Genesis. Vintage, 2011.
Carmi, T. The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse. Penguin, 1994.
Goldstein, Elyse. The Woman’s Torah Commentary. Jewish Lights Publishing, 2000.
Helle, Sophus. Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World’s First Author. Yale University Press, 2024.
Kierkegaard, Soren. Fear and Trembling. Viking Penguin, 1985.
Hirshfield, Jane. Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry: Essays. HarperPerennial, 1998.
Kushner, Aviya. The Grammar of God: A Journey into the Words and Worlds of the Bible. Spiegel & Grau, 2015.
Plaskow, Judith. Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective. HarperSanFrancisco, 1994.
Raver, Miki. Listen to Her Voice: Women of the Hebrew Bible. BookBaby, 2013.
Rosenberg, David. A Poet’s Bible: Rediscovering the Voices of the Original Text. Hyperion, 1993.
Scheindlin, Raymond P. A Short History of the Jewish People: From Legendary Times to Modern Statehood. Oxford University Press, 2000.
Teubal, Savina J. Hagar the Egyptian: The Lost Tradition of the Matriarchs. Harper, 1991.
Teubal, Savina J. Sarah the Priestess: The First Matriarch of Genesis. Swallow Press, 1984.
Waskow, Arthur, et al. The Tent of Abraham: Stories of Hope and Peace for Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Beacon Press, 2014.
Wolkstein, Diane, and Samuel Noah Kramer. Inanna Queen of Heaven and Earth Diane Wolkstein; Samuel Noah Kramer. Harper & Row, 1983.
Bibles
___ Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary. Jewish Publication Society, 2001.
___Tanakh: A New Translation of the Holy Scriptures According to the Traditional Hebrew Text. Jewish Publication Society, 1985.
Websites
My Jewish Learning. www.myjewishlearning.com/.
Sefaria: A Living Library of Jewish Texts Online. www.sefaria.org/.