Susan Niditch is Samuel Green Professor of Religion at Amherst College. She lives in Amherst, MA.
“A comprehensive and important work on personal religion as a
dimension of religious life and experience. This book will be well
received and become a standard text for any studies of aspects of
personal religion in ancient Israel and specifically the Hebrew
Bible.”—Patrick D. Miller, Princeton Theological Seminary
*Patrick D. Miller*
“Susan Niditch brilliantly conceptualizes new avenues into the
study of personal religion. She lucidly articulates how the
religion of the individual was experienced and portrayed. From
self-reflection and representation to how the interiority of the
individual is characterized in narrative, ‘lived religion’ has
never come more alive!”—Theodore J. Lewis, Johns Hopkins
University
*Theodore J. Lewis*
“In this pivotal and fascinating study, Susan Niditch looks anew at
the people of the past to uncover a wealth of evidence attesting to
the personalization of religion. For the first time,
religiously-engaged selves emerge convincingly from the faceless
masses. This book marks a crucial new direction in the
trans-disciplinary study of the religious realities of ancient
Israelite, Judahite and Jewish groups.”—Francesca
Stavrakopoulou, University of Exeter
*Francesca Stavrakopoulou*
“Susan Niditch, the leading scholar of how the Bible adapts folk
literature, here examines how biblical religion gets personal as
classic conventions are adapted to express individual sensibilities
and concerns. Illuminating readings and insights are elegantly
expressed for the benefit of scholar and student alike. A
gem.”—Edward L. Greenstein, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
*Edward L. Greenstein*
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