Research on Sarah and Hagar

[Christine_Blake]

Hi, I 'm working on a project and am looking for ideas about research on Sarah and Hagar…any ideas? I, of course, am using the Old Testament and several Torah translations…looking for others ???
Thanks,

 

[NotWorthy]

Hi, I 'm working on a project and am looking for ideas about research on Sarah and Hagar…any ideas? I, of course, am using the Old Testament and several Torah translations…looking for others ???
Thanks,

Isn’t there a book, “Women of Courage” that talks of the women of the Bible?

 

[Tantum_ergo]

Do be careful, though. There is a lot of Elaine Pagels like ‘pseudo biography’ and ‘womens’ studies’ DRECK out there masquerading as scholarship.

Most any reputable works will pretty much reference Scripture and if anything some sort of historical reference to the time period. . . a reference like Oxford History of the Ancient World which explains what was ‘going on’ at the time these women lived.

But as I said, there’s a lot of foul (historically or scholastically speaking) stuff like “The Red Tent” (slightly later, dealing with the daughter of Jacob, Abraham’s grandson).

 

[Christine_Blake]

Do be careful, though. There is a lot of Elaine Pagels like ‘pseudo biography’ and ‘womens’ studies’ DRECK out there masquerading as scholarship.

Most any reputable works will pretty much reference Scripture and if anything some sort of historical reference to the time period. . . a reference like Oxford History of the Ancient World which explains what was ‘going on’ at the time these women lived.

But as I said, there’s a lot of foul (historically or scholastically speaking) stuff like “The Red Tent” (slightly later, dealing with the daughter of Jacob, Abraham’s grandson).

Thank you so much - and I keep running into the “scholarship” you are talking about, you are right - there’s a lot our there…I’ll look into the ideas you’ve all given me…Thank you - C