Reverend Mother and Tamar (Gn 38) trapped between "artificial" barrenness and "normative" motherhood: Any fitting biblical hermeneutic?

Reverend Mother’s entry into ordained ministry did not quench her maternal instinct to experience the fruit of her own body. Her craving was thus not for a man as a husband but for a baby, the fruit of her own womb. As a result of her unconventional choice to fulfil her desire technologically, the c...

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Main Author: Masenya, Madipoane J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2019
In: HTS teologiese studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 75, Issue: 3
Further subjects:B Genesis 38
B Artificial Insemination
B Levirate Marriage
B Nora
B Judah
B Motherhood
B Tamar
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