In response to Sarah Laughed: Modern Lessons from the Wisdom & Stories of Biblical Women by Vanessa Ochs:

For all the guff Jewish women get about being mouthy, there’s a distinct lack of female voices in the Old Testament.

Take Job’s wife (please): She loses her home, her children are killed and her husband continues to praise the One who made it all happen, and all she can say is “Curse God and die!”

I don’t know about you, but I’m guessing her actual speech was longer, louder and a bit more specific about the curses.

You can read the rest of my my review in this week’s J.