Daughter Of A Voice

About the Book

Daughter of a Voice is a book on I-Thou and I-It encounters in the book of Genesis. Using Martin Buber's philosophy of I-Thou and Jewish Midrash, the author reflects on the biblical personalities as a means of teaching the art of living in relationship with the world, with humanity, and with God. Abraham is a man obsessed with God. Jacob sees the face of God in the face of Esau. Hagar gives God a new name as a result of an encounter. Judah saves a woman from death by declaring "she is more in the right than I."

About the Author

Maureena Fritz, NDS, is Professor Emerita, Faculty of Theology, USMC, University of Toronto, Canada. She is presently the academic Director of the Bat Kol Institute in Jerusalem, which offers courses accepted for graduate credit by various universities around the world. The goal of the Institute is defined as: Christians studying the Bible within its Jewish milieu, using Jewish sources, ancient and modern, with the help of Jewish and Christian Scholars. Its raison d'etre is based on the fact that Christianity is rooted in Judaism as a plant is rooted in the earth . Professor Fritz is Canadian but has been living in Israel for the past 25 years. She has published several books on Praying with the Hebrew Scriptures and is presently writing a book on "My Conversations with Jesus the Jew."