Daughters of the Desert: Stories of Remarkable Women from Christian, Jewish and Muslim Traditions
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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Book details
- Author
- Claire Rudolf Murphy
- Imprint
- SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- Fiction › Religious
Religion › Judaism - Topics
- women in religion · short stories · Judaism · Christianity · Islam · biblical women · women's history · retold stories
- ISBN-13
- 9781893361720 (Hardcover)9781594731068 (Paperback)
About the author
CLAIRE RUDOLF MURPHY is the author of eighteen books for children and young adults, including Martin and Bobby: A Journey to Justice, Marching with Aunt Susan and My Country 'Tis of Thee.
Children of the Gold Rush received the 2000 Willa Cather Award. Murphy holds a degree in history from Santa Clara University, a teaching credential from the University of California at Berkeley, and an MFA in Creative Writing, and has taught in Hamline University’s low-residency MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program since 2008.
When she’s not writing, Murphy draws on her background as a secondary language arts teacher and her twenty-four years living in Alaska, experience that shapes her work in history and nonfiction for young readers.
Claire lives in Spokane, Washington.