• Pharaoh’s Daughter: The Adoptive Mother’s Sacrifice

    Author(s):
    Cat Quine (see profile)
    Date:
    2021
    Group(s):
    Biblical Studies, Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
    Subject(s):
    Women in the Bible
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Adoption, Exodus, Women in the biblical world
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/00yq-sk94
    Abstract:
    In Exodus 2, Moses has two mothers; his Hebrew mother, who nurses him and the daughter of Pharaoh, who financially supports his Hebrew mother, adopts him, and names him. Pharaoh’s daughter appears in scholarly discussions, yet little attention is given to her role as mother of Moses. Indeed, this motherhood is downplayed in the biblical texts, and also in biblical scholarship, wherein the daughter of Pharaoh is absent from many discussions of biblical mothers and is at times relegated beneath the birthmother in commentaries. This article argues that we should remember and celebrate the daughter of Pharaoh as a mother of Moses.
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    Pub. DOI:
    doi.org/10.1177/0966735020965164
    Publisher:
    SAGE Publications
    Pub. Date:
    2021-1-15
    Journal:
    Feminist Theology
    Volume:
    29
    Issue:
    2
    Page Range:
    102 - 112
    ISSN:
    0966-7350,1745-5189
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    3 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
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