The Death and Legacy of Leah in Jubilees*

While recent scholars have demonstrated that Jubilees reflects a positive view of women, and of Leah in particular, relatively little attention has been focused on Jubilees' use of the final references to Leah in Genesis. This article explores the way the author of Jubilees conveys Leah's...

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Main Author: Gregory, Bradley C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2008
In: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2008, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 99-120
Further subjects:B Women
B Genealogy
B Leah
B Legacy
B Genesis
B Death
B Jubilees
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Summary:While recent scholars have demonstrated that Jubilees reflects a positive view of women, and of Leah in particular, relatively little attention has been focused on Jubilees' use of the final references to Leah in Genesis. This article explores the way the author of Jubilees conveys Leah's death and her subsequent genealogy and how these aspects contribute to the overall portrait of Leah in the work.
ISSN:1745-5286
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0951820707087063