The Characterization of the Matriarch in Genesis Rabbah
نام نخستين پديدآور
Rami Schwartz
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Leiden
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Brill
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
This article analyzes the portrayal of the matriarch Sarah in the fifth-century Palestinian rabbinic midrash Genesis Rabbah. The midrash not only dedicates a large number of derashot to the matriarch, but it repeatedly depicts her as a model of personal and religious excellence. In order to understand this development, I turn my attention to the portrayal of Sarah in the works of Origen of Alexandria. Continuing New Testament themes, Origen presents her as the spiritual mother of Christianity and a prefiguration of Jesus' mother Mary. Various textual and thematic parallels help demonstrate that the rabbis were both aware of this rhetoric and responded to it. Based on this, I conclude that the rabbis used their portrayal of Sarah to combat the Christian appropriation of the matriarch on the one hand, and to establish her as a Jewish alternative to the Virgin Mary on the other. This article analyzes the portrayal of the matriarch Sarah in the fifth-century Palestinian rabbinic midrash Genesis Rabbah. The midrash not only dedicates a large number of derashot to the matriarch, but it repeatedly depicts her as a model of personal and religious excellence. In order to understand this development, I turn my attention to the portrayal of Sarah in the works of Origen of Alexandria. Continuing New Testament themes, Origen presents her as the spiritual mother of Christianity and a prefiguration of Jesus' mother Mary. Various textual and thematic parallels help demonstrate that the rabbis were both aware of this rhetoric and responded to it. Based on this, I conclude that the rabbis used their portrayal of Sarah to combat the Christian appropriation of the matriarch on the one hand, and to establish her as a Jewish alternative to the Virgin Mary on the other.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2021
توصيف ظاهري
63-103
عنوان
Journal for the Study of Judaism
شماره جلد
52/1
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1570-0631
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
cult of the Virgin
اصطلاح موضوعی
Genesis Rabbah
اصطلاح موضوعی
matriarchs
اصطلاح موضوعی
midrash
اصطلاح موضوعی
mothers
اصطلاح موضوعی
Origen of Alexandria
اصطلاح موضوعی
Sarah
اصطلاح موضوعی
Virgin Mary
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