FOLK 029 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Modern Orthodox Judaism, Jewish Religious Movements, Twelve Minor Prophets
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Sarah: wife of abraham; famously laughed at the news that she would have a child at an advanced age; her son"s name means laughter (isaac) Rebecca: wife of isaac who treated abraham"s servant with generosity and helps to garner jacob"s blessing from isaac. Leah, rachel, zilpah, bilhah: wives and maidservants of jacob, who together bore the twelve tribes of israel. Dinah: rachel"s daughter; married to shechem, who was murdered by jacob"s sons. Deborah: a judge from the book of judges; a female general who led the israelites to victory. Jael: brought israelites victory by murdering the canaanite sisera with a tent peg. Esther: main character of the book of esther; jewish woman who saves her people from destruction by palace intrigue. Tanakh, often written as tanakh, refers to the three parts of the jewish bible: torah, You may see torah used to refer to the whole of the hebrew bible.
