In the Mother's House
The Hebrew Bible's Lost Teachings on Love, Wisdom, and Sacred Marriage
Abi Doukhan(Author)
Mercer University Press
Published on 4. November 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
979-8-89736-001-7 (ISBN)
Description
IN THE MOTHER'S HOUSE explores the matriarchal wisdom and teachings of the Hebrew Bible. Seven feminine characters are discussed: Inanna, Eve, Ruth, the wife and daughters of Job, Woman Wisdom in the book of Proverbs, and in Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, and Esther. Their journey to individuation, the relational challenges they encounter, and the wisdom they discover along the way defy patriarchal norms and guardrails demonstrating that, at the heart of the Biblical text, matriarchy endures, birthing powerfully subversive feminine characters and voices. These voices, often ignored by a predominantly male readership, are only beginning to rise. And with them, a radically different teaching arises also, one that often is at odds with patriarchy, countercultural, subversive, yet striking a deep chord in the human psyche, giving us a strikingly different vision of God, of femininity, of masculinity, and a powerful vision of the profound significance of the partnership between man and woman.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-89736-001-7 (9798897360017)
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Abi Doukhan is associate professor of Philosophy at Queens College, CUNY. She holds an MA in Philosophy from the Sorbonne and a PhD in Philosophy from Nanterre University in Paris, France. Her publications include EMMANUEL LEVINAS: A PHILOSOPHY OF EXILE; BIBLICAL PORTRAITS OF EXILE; and WOMANIST WISDOM IN THE SONG OF SONGS.