Title: Sarah the priestess :
Authors: Teubal, Savina J.,
Date: 1984
Publisher: Swallow Press,
Physical description: xvii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: B
Contents: Part One: Social implications -- "Whatever Sarah tells you, do as she says" -- Sarah as sister and wife -- From Ur to Hebron, city of Sarah -- The matriarchs' authority -- Examining the non-patriarchal social system and genealogy in Genesis -- Part Two: Religious implications -- "Everyone who hears will laugh with me" -- Religion in the ancient Near East -- Oracular shrines and trading centers -- Sarah as priestess -- The Hieros Gamos -- Supernatural conception -- Part Three: Conclusions -- The meaning of the life of Sarah -- Appendix A: The Genesis texts -- B: Traditional genealogical table of the patriarchs.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Bible. Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Bible. Old Testament. Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Sarah (Biblical matriarch); Women and religion--Middle East.