{"product_id":"ancient-sisterhood-the-lost-traditions-of-hagar-and-sarah-paperback-1","title":"Ancient Sisterhood: The Lost Traditions of Hagar and Sarah - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSavina J. Teubal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating piece of scholarly detective work, biblical scholar Savina J. Teubal peels away millenia of patriarchal distortion to reveal the lost tradition of biblical matriarchs. In \u003ci\u003eAncient Sisterhood: The Lost Traditions of Hagar and Sarah\u003c\/i\u003e (originally published as \u003ci\u003eHagar the Egyptian\u003c\/i\u003e), she shows that Hagar, the mother of Ishmael, was actually lady-in-waiting to the priestess Sarah and participated in an ancient Near Eastern custom of surrogate motherhood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAncient Sisterhood\u003c\/i\u003e cites evidence that Hebrew women actually enjoyed the privileges and sanctity of their own religious practices. These practices, however, were gradually eroded and usurped by the establishment of patriarchal monarchies that were based on militaristic conquest and power. Teubal examines the figures of Hagar and Sarah from a feminist perspective that combines thorough scholarship with an informed and detailed understanding of the cultural and religious influences from which the mysterious biblical figure of Hagar emerged. She looks at Hagar's important role in the genesis of Hebrew culture, her role as mother of the Islamic nations, and her power as a matriarch as opposed to her apparent status as a concubine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTeubal posits two distinct sources for the Hagar episodes: Hagar as companion to Sarah and an unknown woman whom she refers to as the desert matriarch. She explores whether Hagar was a slave to Abraham or Sarah, the differences between Hagar and the desert matriarch, and the obscurantism of these important elements in biblical texts. Teubal sheds considerable light on two central figures of these world religions and \"the disassociation of woman from her own female religious experience.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSavina J. Teubal\u003c\/b\u003e was brought up in Latin America and has travelled extensively in Europe and the Middle East. She now makes her home in Los Angeles, where she receied a Ph.D in Ancient Near Eastern Studies from International College. She is an Affiliated Scholar at the University of Southern California. Among her recent publications are \"Abraham and Castaneda,\" \u003ci\u003eRevista de la Universidad de Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e (1976), \"Patriarchy and the Goddess,\" in \u003ci\u003eWomanspirit\u003c\/i\u003e (1983), and \"Women, Law and the Ancient Near East,\" in \u003ci\u003eFields of Offerings\u003c\/i\u003e (Farleigh Dickenson University Press, 1982).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.01 x 5.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42595983917152,"sku":"9780804010016","price":65.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/cE94K0JjMnZZY3RRMXJhTTlYaTBCUT09.webp?v=1771602919","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/ancient-sisterhood-the-lost-traditions-of-hagar-and-sarah-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}