Glenn Jacobs

Divine powers-moira in Iliad and God in Genesis-drove the actions of Andromache and Rebekah, who in turn influenced action in their respective stories (Rothleder discussion). Andromache’s influence was largely due to the way she interacted with her husband Hector, who was a great warrior on the side of the Trojans in the Trojan war (Il. p. 500). Similarly, in Genesis, Rebekah’s abilities to control domestic resources brought blessings to her younger son, even though he was less favored by his father

narrative about Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah. Dinah went to visit the women of the area. As she was out visiting, the prince of the region, Shechem, saw her from afar. Shechem went to Dinah and raped her because of his infatuation with her. Shechem loved Dinah and spoke sweetly to her so that she would be charmed by him. Shechem went to his father, Hamor King of the Hivites. Shechem expressed to his father that he needed Dinah to become his wife. By this time, Jacob had heard that Shechem had caused

In the Iliad, Helen and Briseis, who have almost no power to control their lives, manage to be the catalyst in the lives of men around them in virtue of their beauty. In contrast, Rebekah in Genesis acts on her own volition numerous times, and creates outcomes which affect the men in her life. This difference in agency exists because Helen, Briseis, and Rebekah have different degrees of security in their lives which allow or prevent them acting on their desires. Briseis and Helen have loss and fear

specifically illustrated in Genesis 25-28 in the story of Esau and Jacob. Throughout this narrative, it is demonstrated that Rebekah loved Jacob more than Esau, while Isaac favored Esau more than Jacob. In Genesis 27, through an act of disguise and trickery, Jacob received Isaac’s blessing with the help of his mother, Rebekah. Because of the deceiving actions of mother and son many have questioned the morality of Rebekah and the legitimacy of Jacob. This is specifically questioned through the biblical teachings

of exodus. This essay will contrast each creation story and describe each stories interest, explain how Genesis 12: 1-3 links the stories of 2: 4b-11 with the ancestral narratives in 12-50 and connect the sagas of Abraham/Sarah, Isaac/ Rebecca and Jacob/ Racheal. The first creation story is found in Genesis 1-2:4 and it explains how God created the world from a void of darkness in six days of work. On day one God made the heavens. On day two God made the sky. On day three God made land and sea. On

Part A: • Garden of Eden- Genesis 3:8 The Garden of Eden is what God made in order to place the first man ever created. God also grew beautiful tress in the garden, including the the tree of life and the three of knowledge of good and evil. • Tower of Babel- Genesis 11:1-9 The Tower of Babel is a tower that was built in order to show that the people in the town can make a name for themselves, and not be moved all around different places on Earth. The top of the tower was built to reach heaven. •

titled, “Jacob Wrestles at Peniel” and describes a time when Jacob, later known as Israel, “wrestles” with God. This passage is fairly difficult to grasp although it is quite often referenced. The first part of the story, Jacob sends his family away with everything that he had, leaving him alone. Jacob then wrestles with a man and when the man realized he was not going to win, he struck Jacob’s hip socket. Jacob demanded to be blessed by this man, who changed Jacob’s name to Israel. Jacob then named

Isaiah is a prophetic manual of events that are handed down to humankind through the Prophet Isaiah of Amoz. This book is composed of 66 chapters. The first 39 chapters covers God’s words of divine judgement against Israel and Judah. Moreover, the destruction of Israel oppressors the surrounding nation which included Assyria is eminent. However, the remaining 27 chapters bring words of comfort and hope for Israel through their release from captivity, the promise of the future Redeemer and the future

the Tanakh. Jacob, the grandson of Abraham, espoused this love deeply in his pursuit of his eventual wife Rachel. 'Jacob was in love with Rachel' (Genesis 29:18), and said to his uncle Laban: ' "I'll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel" ' (Genesis 29:18). It is also written that it 'seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her' (Genesis 29:20). In fact, Laban cheated Jacob by giving him his elder daughter Leah for marriage, such that Jacob 'worked for

What these two stories have in common is that both women are seen as tricksters especially Tamar, who according to bellis has to use deception to get to her ends (Bellis 78) she needed to have a kid in order to have a place in society. While you can argue that Rebecca is a trickster, Tamar is not and the reason why is because tamar never actually claimed to be a prostitute Judah was the one who had mistaken her for a prostitute Tamar just never corrected him. When comparing Rebecca and Tamar to