Sunday 2 August 2009

Tikva Frymer Kensky 1943 2006

Tikva Frymer Kensky 1943 2006
In its September 8, 2006 adaptation, the "Chicago Tribune "is newspaper writing the death of Tikva Frymer-Kensky.

Trevor Jensen, a "Chicago Tribune "staff speaker, wrote:


"Tikva Frymer-Kensky was a Seminary of Chicago educator and Hebrew Bible scholar who studied texts in the ancient languages of Sumerian and Akkadian."

"Dr. Frymer-Kensky, 62, died Thursday, Aug. 31, in her Wilmette home trice a lingering bout with breast bane, whispered her companion, Allan Kensky, a rabbi who serves at Beth Hillel Conference Bnai Emunah in Wilmette."

"She cherished have a desire for," her companion whispered, calculation that his wife moreover was enthralled by comedian books. "Her empathy spanned so countless areas."

"A educator at U. of C.'s Deity School to the same degree 1995, Dr. Frymer-Kensky's scholarship caring on how the Hebrew Bible, which includes meaningfully of the Old Gravestone, germane to cultures of the Effectively East, and populace in Egypt and Mesopotamia, whispered David Tracy, a educator at the Deity School."

"Dr. Frymer-Kensky's biblical scholarship moreover delved concerning women's slice in religion."

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Frymer-Kensky was a fulsome author. In is a appropriate bibliography of the books and articles she wrote:

"Explanation the Women of the Bible. "New York: Schocken, 2002

"In the Rouse of the Goddesses: Women, Erudition and the Biblical Revolutionize of Pagan Tale. "New York: Release Strength, 1992.

"Religions and violence: an methodical synthesis, Ecumenical Capture "55 no 2 Ap 2003, p 164-167.

"On female God-talk, Reconstructionist "59 no 1 Spr 1994, p 48-55.

"Law and philosophy: the peapod of sex in the Bible, Semeia "no 45 1989, p 89-102.

"The enigmatic peapod of the suspected sotah (Stop 5:11-31), Vetus Testamentum "34 no 1 Ja 1984, p 11-26.

"Patriarchal terrace relatives and Effectively Eastern law, Biblical Archaeologist "44 Therapist 1981, p 209-214.

"Atrahasis long-winded and its concern for our understanding of Genesis 1-9, Biblical Archaeologist "40 D 1977, p 147-155.

"Dabru emet: a Jewish declaration on Christians and Christianity, Pro Ecclesia "11 no 1 Win 2002, p 5-7.

"A Jewish hard at Isaiah 2:2-4, Requirement "41 no 3 Aut 2002, p 20-25.

"Unwrapping the Torah: Age group a symbol real once more, Bible Capture "18 no 5 O 2002, p 26-31,60,62.

"Biblical voices on chosenness," In "Sell and Chosenness in Judaism and Mormonism". Pp 23-32. Madison; Teaneck:Fairleigh Dickinson Seminary Strength ; London: Linked Seminary Presses, 2001.

Tikva Frymer-Kensky desire be infinitely missed.

R.I.P.

Claude Mariottini


Educationalist of Old Gravestone

Northern Baptist School

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