The Matriarchs in Genesis Rabbah

Katie J. Woolstenhulme considers the pertinent questions: Who were ''the matriarchs'', and what did the rabbis think about them? Whilst scholarship on the role of women in the Bible and Rabbinic Judaism has increased, the authoritative group of women known as ''the matriarchs'' has been neglected. This volume consequently focuses on the role and status of the biblical matriarchs in Genesis Rabbah,...