Hebrew Hussies and Hellcats

The Jewish tradition is nearly unique in preserving writings by women from three thousand years ago. Neither Rome nor Egypt can show even a trace of such writing. Greece offers a solitary exception, Sappho—but it valued her so little that her work survives only in scraps.

     This volume contains a full-length, perfect song by the warrior-prophetess Deborah, who lived not long after the Exodus. To this we can add an entire concert of love songs by Hebrew women—preserved because the Jews did, and do, believe that such voices are holy, and fit to be scripture.