Cohen, Jewish and Roman Law 329 and Raphael Patai, Sex and Family in the Bible and the Middle East (New York: Doubleday, 1959) 42, have suggested that this --1.1 THE AMAH AND THE SHIFḤAH: BREEDER, DRUDGE, CONCUBINE OR WIFE? --— 39 —(b) The existence of two words for ...
Since the establishment of Reform Judaism, Jewish Reform prayer books have regularly included the names of the matriarchs (Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, Rachel, Bilha, and Zilpa) to those of the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob). In addition to the inclusion of ancient female precedents, some ...