The Lost Matriarch: Finding Leah in the Bible and Midrash
Overview
The Lost Matriarch offers a unique response to the sparse and puzzling biblical treatment of the matriarch Leah. Although Leah is a major figure in the book of Genesis, the biblical text allows her only a single word of physical description and two lines of direct dialogue. The Bible tells us little about the effects of her lifelong struggles in an apparently loveless marriage to Jacob, the husband she shares with three other wives, including her beautiful younger sister, Rachel. Fortunately, two thousand years of traditional and modern commentators have produced many fascinating interpretations (midrash) that reveal the far richer story of Leah hidden within the text.
Through Jerry Rabow’s weaving of biblical text and midrash, readers learn the lessons of the remarkable Leah, who triumphed over adversity and hardship by living a life of moral heroism. The Lost Matriarch reveals Leah’s full story and invites readers into the delightful, provocative world of creative rabbinic and literary commentary. By experiencing these midrashic insights and techniques for reading “between the lines,” readers are introduced to what for many will be an exciting new method of personal Bible interpretation.
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Key Features
- Examines the the life of Leah in the Bible and Midrash
- Explains the significance of Midrash
- Explores God’s actions on behalf of Leah
Contents
- Preface
- Note on the Sources
- The Family of Jacob and Leah (chart)
- Introduction: We Meet Leah
- Waiting for Leah
- What Really Happened on Leah’s Wedding Night
- Leah Begins Married Life in Conflict
- Leah Continues the Conflict
- Leah and the Family Leave Haran
- Lean Comes to the Promised Land
- The Deaths of Rachel, Leah, and Jacob
- Conclusion: Learning from Leah’s Story
Praise for the Print Edition
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
The Lost Matriarch is a thorough examination of the story of Leah.
—Fred Reiss, San Diego Jewish World
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
- Title: The Lost Matriarch: Finding Leah in the Bible and Midrash
- Author: Jerry Rabow
- Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2019
- Pages: 264
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Leah (Biblical matriarch); Leah (Biblical matriarch) › In rabbinical literature; Jacob (Biblical patriarch)
- ISBNs: 9780827612075, 9780827611801, 9780827611818, 9780827611795, 0827612079, 0827611803, 0827611811, 082761179X
- Resource ID: LLS:LSTMTRRCHBMDRSH
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:21:59Z