Rebekah: Model matriarch
Rebekah is a singular figure within the Bible. Her energy and agency revitalize the covenant family. Inhabiting a matrix of feminine family roles, as daughter, sister, bride, wife, mother, and mother-in-law, Rebekah embodies numerous core qualities, both positive and problematic. A close reading of...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Sage
[2018]
|
| In: |
Review and expositor
Year: 2018, Volume: 115, Issue: 4, Pages: 559-564 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Rebekah
B Trickster B Isaac ancestor narratives B matriarch B barrenness |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | Rebekah is a singular figure within the Bible. Her energy and agency revitalize the covenant family. Inhabiting a matrix of feminine family roles, as daughter, sister, bride, wife, mother, and mother-in-law, Rebekah embodies numerous core qualities, both positive and problematic. A close reading of the different elements of her story will illustrate her foundational significance for the Ancestor Narratives of Genesis 12-50, as well as her role in setting the course for the people of Israel, whose matriarch she is. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 2052-9449 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review and expositor
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0034637318794372 |