RT Article T1 When Is a Widow Not a Widow? Guardianship Provides an Answer JF Biblical theology bulletin VO 28 IS 1 SP 4 OP 6 A1 Rook, John LA English YR 1998 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1773466658 AB Stories in the Books of Samuel and Kings (The Widow of Nabal and the Tekoite Widow) further support the theory that an 'almanah in Israel is a woman without male support. This study extends the argument of the author's earlier study, Making Widows: The Patriarchal Guardian at Work (BTB 27 (1997): 10-15. DO 10.1177/014610799802800102