Give me children or I am dead: the conception in the Hebrew Bible

Authors

  • Suzana Chwarts Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17851/1982-3053.2.2.135-138

Keywords:

Bible, Conception, Woman

Abstract

Jacob and Rachel are in scene with a rhetorical conflict where opposing theories develop about conception. On the other hand, Raquel asks Jacob to give children. The theory of design that has its expression is patrilineal societies current, whose basic idea is that the man is the one who raises the children and the women’s role restricted to pregnancy and childbirth

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Author Biography

Suzana Chwarts, Universidade de São Paulo

Professora de Estudos da Bíblia Hebraica na Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da USP.

References

BÍBLIA DE JERUSALÉM. São Paulo: Paulus, 1980.

CHOURAQUI, Andre. No Princípio. Trad. Carlito Azevedo. Rio de Janeiro: Imago Editora, 1995.

Published

2008-03-30

How to Cite

Chwarts, S. (2008). Give me children or I am dead: the conception in the Hebrew Bible. Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital De Estudos Judaicos Da UFMG, 2(2), 135–138. https://doi.org/10.17851/1982-3053.2.2.135-138