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Paperback - 144 pp
ISBN 080061559X
Fotress Press
Editorial
Review
These marvelous stories! This volume is a woman's canon
presented with scholarship and wit. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Susan B. Thistlethwaithe
In his treatment of Judith, LaCocque reflects on the paradox that
Judith -- more 'woman-oriented' than (the conceivably
female-authored) Susanna -- was probably written by a man. He
concludes that this deserves to be celebrated: 'The best advocates
for a cause are those who are not self-serving.' LaCocque
appears to plead his own cause here, as he celebrates the
underrepresented but bold interventions of women on behalf of God,
for Israel and the world. As literature and as individuals,
Susanna, Judith, Esther, and Ruth accomplish a peripeteia that
allows God to convict, convert, and save.
Christopher R. Seitz
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