Claire Rudolf Murphy, Megha Nuttall Sayres, Mary Cronk Farrell, Sarah Conover, Betsy Wharton

Daughters of the Desert (eBook, ePUB)

Stories of Remarkable Women from Christian, Jewish and Muslim Traditions

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How would the most cherished stories of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam be different if women were the active central figures?

This ground-breaking collection of short stories brings to life the women-daring, brave, thoughtful, and wise-who played important and exciting roles in the early days of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Join Esther as she stands against injustice and her king to save her people, Aisha as she leads hundreds of men into terrifying battle, and Mary as she and Elizabeth dream of the new lives growing inside them. How must Sarah have felt, turning Hagar out into the desert? And how must Hagar have felt, traveling from the safety and security of Abraham's land toward an uncertain future? These stories invite us to come to know and appreciate the struggles and triumphs of these women-mothers, daughters, believers and seekers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781594734472
• Artikelnr.: 50003872

Autorenporträt

Claire Rudolf Murphy is the award-winning author of several books for children and young adults, including Children of the Gold Rush (winner of the 2000 Willa Cather Award), Gold Rush Women, and Free Radical. She is coauthored of Daughters of the Desert: Stories of Remarkable Women
from Christian, Jewish and Muslim Traditions (SkyLight Paths).

Inhaltsangabe

Timeline of the Stories
Introduction
Jewish Stories
A Thousand Wrinkles
A story of Sarah
River Journey
A story of Shiphrah
A Dance in the Desert
A story of Miriam
The Pool of Siloam
A story of Huldah
O Come My Beloved
A story of Shoshana
Return to Hadassah
A story of Esther
Christian Stories
Woman to Woman
A story of Mary of Nazareth
Crumbs from the Table
A story of Eleni
Will I Drink of His Cup?
A story of Salome
Servant to Truth
A story of Binah
Love Casts Out Fear
A story of Mary Magdalene
Weaving a Church
A story of Lydia
Muslim Stories
The Night Wind
A story of Eve
The Waters of Zamzam
A story of Hagar
A Faith Blossoms
A story of Khadija
Prayers in the Darkness
A story of Fatima
The Merchant Boys' Prank
A story of Zarah
The Dogs of al-Haw'ab
A story of Aisha
Further Reading
Authors' Note
Acknowledgments
Reader's Discussion Guide