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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464761003321

Autore

Rabow Jerry

Titolo

The Lost Matriarch [[electronic resource] ] : Finding Leah in the Bible and Midrash

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : JPS, 2014

ISBN

0-8276-1180-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Disciplina

222.11092

222/.11092

Soggetti

Jacob (Biblical patriarch)

Leah (Biblical matriarch)

Leah (Biblical matriarch) -- In rabbinical literature

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Christianity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Note on the Sources; The Family of Jacob and Leah (chart); Introduction; 1. Waiting for Leah; 2. What Really Happened on Leah's Wedding Night?; 3. Leah Begins Married Life in Conflict; 4. Leah Continues the Conflict; 5. Leah and the Family Leave Haran; 6. Leah Comes to the Promised Land; 7. The Deaths of Rachel, Leah, and Jacob; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Glossary of Names and Definitions; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About Jerry Rabow; Other Works by Jerry Rabow

Sommario/riassunto

The Lost Matriarch offers a unique response to the sparse and puzzling biblical treatment of the matriarch Leah. Although Leah is a major figure in the book of Genesis, the biblical text allows her only a single word of physical description and two lines of direct dialogue. The Bible tells us little about the effects of her lifelong struggles in an apparently loveless marriage to Jacob, the husband she shares with three other wives, including her beautiful younger sister, Rachel. Fortunately, two thousand years of traditional and modern commentators have



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Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN0254472

Autore

Ivănescu, Petru L.

Titolo

Pseudo-Boolean Methods for Bivalent Programming : Lecture at the First European Meeting of the Institute of Management Sciences and of the Econometric Institute, Warsaw, September 2-7, 1966 / P. L. Ivănescu, S. Rudeanu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : Springer, 1966

Descrizione fisica

v, 115 p. ; 24 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Rudeanu, Sergiu

Soggetti

91Bxx - Mathematical economics [MSC 2020]

90-XX - Operations research, mathematical programming [MSC 2020]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia