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Pharaoh’s Daughter: The Adoptive Mother’s Sacrifice
- Author(s):
- Cat Quine (see profile)
- Date:
- 2021
- Group(s):
- Biblical Studies, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
- Subject(s):
- Women in the Bible
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Adoption, Exodus, Women in the biblical world
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/00yq-sk94
- Abstract:
- In Exodus 2, Moses has two mothers; his Hebrew mother, who nurses him and the daughter of Pharaoh, who financially supports his Hebrew mother, adopts him, and names him. Pharaoh’s daughter appears in scholarly discussions, yet little attention is given to her role as mother of Moses. Indeed, this motherhood is downplayed in the biblical texts, and also in biblical scholarship, wherein the daughter of Pharaoh is absent from many discussions of biblical mothers and is at times relegated beneath the birthmother in commentaries. This article argues that we should remember and celebrate the daughter of Pharaoh as a mother of Moses.
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- Published as:
- Journal article Show details
- Pub. DOI:
- doi.org/10.1177/0966735020965164
- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications
- Pub. Date:
- 2021-1-15
- Journal:
- Feminist Theology
- Volume:
- 29
- Issue:
- 2
- Page Range:
- 102 - 112
- ISSN:
- 0966-7350,1745-5189
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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