In After the Apple, psychotherapist and scholar Naomi Harris Rosenblatt offers a vivid retelling of some of the Bible's most famous (and infamous) women. There is Eve, the first rebel; Sarah, the founding mother of the people of Israel; the wickedly cunning Jezebel; the mysterious Queen of Sheba; and several more unforgettable characters.

Each chapter unfolds the story of a brave woman making her way in a fiercely patriarchal society, using w its and wiles to survive in an often complicated and dangerous world.

As Rosenblatt shares their riveting tales, she draws parallels to the modern world—proving that there is still much to learn from these women who inhabit the pages of the Bible.

Like Anita Diamant's The Red Tent, the stories in After the Apple are told in an incredibly readable fashion and offer a wealth of material for discussion. Through these examples of bravery, intelligence, conviction, and even shrewdness, we are offered, as Rosenblatt says, "a prism through which to consider our own lives."