What the #$! is a helpmate?
For centuries, Eve's role as depicted in Gen 2:18, 20 has been translated in the KJV as 'help meet,' a translation that eventually came to be rendered 'helpmate.' This article provides linguistic analysis of the Hebrew words 'ezer kenegdo, translated in the KJV as '...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Sage
[2018]
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Review and expositor
Year: 2018, Volume: 115, Issue: 4, Pages: 453-466 |
| IxTheo Classification: | FB Theological education FD Contextual theology HB Old Testament KAA Church history KBQ North America NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
helpmeet
B Women's Rights B Eve B Genesis 2:18 & 20 B feminist reading B Womanist |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | For centuries, Eve's role as depicted in Gen 2:18, 20 has been translated in the KJV as 'help meet,' a translation that eventually came to be rendered 'helpmate.' This article provides linguistic analysis of the Hebrew words 'ezer kenegdo, translated in the KJV as 'help meet,' as well as a brief analysis of the reception history of this Hebrew phrase that includes the intertextuality of New Testament allusions to Gen 2:18, 20 and the intersectionality of contemporary interpretations regarding women of color. |
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| ISSN: | 2052-9449 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review and expositor
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0034637318806590 |