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Motherprayer: A Pregnant Woman's Spiritual Companion

Tikva Frymer-Kensky

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Description:When Tikva Frymer-Kensky became pregnant with her daughter in 1978, she was unable to find a single piece of contemporary literature to spiritually guide her through this often overwhelming experience. She spent the next seventeen years collecting poems and prayers from religious traditions in the ancient Near East and moving through the Judeo-Christian present, ancient words that speak to the longings, the fears, the waiting, and the thrill of pregnancy.Motherprayer is a compendium of poems, essays, and rituals to enhance a woman's reflection on her pregnancy. Most of the writings in the book are Frymer-Kensky's own, creatively repurposing the metaphysical imagery of ancient sources. She translated texts from Sumerian, Akkadian, Hebrew, Yiddish, Old French and French, Latin and Aramaic, searching for concepts -- what does roundness mean in poetry and literature? What does size mean? She then used those concepts for another purpose: to explore what it means to create a human being. "Women wanted to talk about their sense that something was happening that was greater than themselves, but they didn't have the words," Frymer-Kensky said. "I want women to use this book to understand that pregnancy is a cosmic and significant act, to reach for a sense of the divinity of pregnancy.”We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Motherprayer: A Pregnant Woman's Spiritual Companion. To get started finding Motherprayer: A Pregnant Woman's Spiritual Companion, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: When Tikva Frymer-Kensky became pregnant with her daughter in 1978, she was unable to find a single piece of contemporary literature to spiritually guide her through this often overwhelming experience. She spent the next seventeen years collecting poems and prayers from religious traditions in the ancient Near East and moving through the Judeo-Christian present, ancient words that speak to the longings, the fears, the waiting, and the thrill of pregnancy.Motherprayer is a compendium of poems, essays, and rituals to enhance a woman's reflection on her pregnancy. Most of the writings in the book are Frymer-Kensky's own, creatively repurposing the metaphysical imagery of ancient sources. She translated texts from Sumerian, Akkadian, Hebrew, Yiddish, Old French and French, Latin and Aramaic, searching for concepts -- what does roundness mean in poetry and literature? What does size mean? She then used those concepts for another purpose: to explore what it means to create a human being. "Women wanted to talk about their sense that something was happening that was greater than themselves, but they didn't have the words," Frymer-Kensky said. "I want women to use this book to understand that pregnancy is a cosmic and significant act, to reach for a sense of the divinity of pregnancy.”We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Motherprayer: A Pregnant Woman's Spiritual Companion. To get started finding Motherprayer: A Pregnant Woman's Spiritual Companion, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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