The Lost Matriarch: Finding Leah in the Bible and Midrash

Author:   Jerry Rabow
Publisher:   Jewish Publication Society
ISBN:  

9780827612075


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   01 September 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jerry Rabow
Publisher:   Jewish Publication Society
Imprint:   Jewish Publication Society
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780827612075


ISBN 10:   0827612079
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   01 September 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Preface Note on the Sources The Family of Jacob and Leah Introduction: We Meet Leah 1. Waiting for Leah 2. What Really Happened on Leah’s Wedding Night? 3. Leah Begins Married Life in Conflict 4. Leah Continues the Conflict 5. Leah and the Family Leave Haran 6. Leah Comes to the Promised Land 7. The Deaths of Rachel, Leah, and Jacob Conclusion: Learning from Leah’s Story Acknowledgments Glossary of Names and Definitions Notes Bibliography Index

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With imaginative insight, Jerry Rabow has placed a human face and heart onto the persona of this biblical drama of love, loyalty, and intrigue. The author endows this ancient romance with empathic contemporary relevance. --Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, author of Conscience: The Duty to Obey and the Duty to Disobey and founder of the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous and the Jewish World Watch--Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis (02/27/2014)


With imaginative insight, Jerry Rabow has placed a human face and heart onto the persona of this biblical drama of love, loyalty, and intrigue. The author endows this ancient romance with empathic contemporary relevance. -Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, author of Conscience: The Duty to Obey and the Duty to Disobey and founder of the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous and Jewish World Watch -- Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis This new treatment of the Biblical matriarch Leah is a well researched and a refreshing new look at an old story. -Barbara Andrews, Jewish Book Council -- Barbara Andrews Jewish Book Council The Lost Matriarch is a thorough examination of the story of Leah. -Fred Reiss, San Diego Jewish World -- Fred Reiss San Diego Jewish World


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Jerry Rabow is the author of A Guide to Jewish Mourning and Condolence and Fifty Jewish Messiahs.  

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