'... but you shall let every girl live' : reading Exodus 1:1-2:10 the Bosadi (Womanhood) way

Biblical texts read at face value and outside their contexts, may give an impression of what they do not say. Words and phrases acquire different meanings depending on who says them and in what circumstances they are being said. The present text seeks to investigate what the phrase '... you sha...

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Main Author: Masenya, Madipoane 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2002
In: Old Testament essays
Year: 2002, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 99-112
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)

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