Down By The Riverside: A Collusion of Mothers for Moses.
The story of Moses's birth and salvation entails a collusion between three female figures: his biological mother (a Hebrew slave), his sister, and his Egyptian adoptive mother, Pharaoh's daughter. Through a close reading of the biblical text, the author shows how mother and daughter deliberately pla...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion (Indiana University Press) Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 67 - 81 |
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Spring2024
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