Making Widows: The Patriarchal Guardian at Work
Considering two texts that view a widow as having a legal guardian, the article looks at the question of how this might be possible. The Hebrew word for 'widow' ('almanah) suggests that a woman so designated is marginal or peripheral to the kin group and without a male guardian. A wom...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
1997
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Biblical theology bulletin
Year: 1997, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 10-15 |
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| Summary: | Considering two texts that view a widow as having a legal guardian, the article looks at the question of how this might be possible. The Hebrew word for 'widow' ('almanah) suggests that a woman so designated is marginal or peripheral to the kin group and without a male guardian. A woman becomes an 'almanah, not when her husband dies, but when she has no male guardian from the kin group to look out for her interests. |
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| ISSN: | 1945-7596 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical theology bulletin
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/014610799702700103 |