The Lost Matriarch : Finding Leah in the Bible and Midrash

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rabow, Jerry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jacob (Biblical patriarch).

Leah (Biblical matriarch).

Leah (Biblical matriarch)--In rabbinical literature.

Local Subjects:

Jacob (Biblical patriarch).

Leah (Biblical matriarch).

Leah (Biblical matriarch)--In rabbinical literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : JPS, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780827611795

082761179X

9780827611801

0827611803