The Lost Matriarch : Finding Leah in the Bible and Midrash

• Autore: Rabow Jerry
• Pubblicazione: Lincoln, : JPS, 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (401 p.)
• Disciplina: 222.11092; 222/.11092
• Soggetto topico: Jacob (Biblical patriarch); Leah (Biblical matriarch); Leah (Biblical matriarch) -- In rabbinical literature; Religion; Philosophy & Religion; Christianity
• 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 produced many fascinating int
• Titolo autorizzato: The Lost Matriarch
• ISBN: 0-8276-1180-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808333503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II