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Elkanah (Hebrew: אֱלְקָנָה ’Ĕlqānā "El has purchased") was, according to the First Book of Samuel, the husband of Hannah, and the father of her children including her first, Samuel. Elkanah practiced polygamy ; his other wife, less favoured but bearing more children, was named Peninnah .
Nevertheless, Elkanah preferred Hannah. According to Lillian Klein, the use of this chiasmus underscores the standing of the women: Hannah is the primary wife, yet Peninnah has succeeded in bearing children. Hannah's status as primary wife and her barrenness recall Sarah and Rebecca in Genesis 17 and Genesis 25 respectively. Klein suggests that ...
Peninnah (right) with Elkanah and Hannah as they return to Ramah. Peninnah (Hebrew: פְּנִנָּה Pəninnā; sometimes transliterated Penina) was one of Elkanah's two wives, briefly mentioned in the first Book of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:2). [1] [2] Her name derives from the word פְּנִינָּה (pəninā), meaning "pearl." [3] [4]
According to the Bible, the story of Mount Gerizim takes us back to the story of the time when Moses ordered Joshua to take the Twelve Tribes of Israel to the mountains by Shechem and place half of the tribes, six in number, on the top of Mount Gerizim (Mount of the Blessing), and the other half in Mount Ebal (Mount of the Curse). The two ...
Klein suggests that Elkanah took Peninnah as a second wife because of Hannah's barrenness. [70] Every year, Elkanah would offer a sacrifice at the Shiloh sanctuary, and give Peninnah and her children a portion but he gave Hannah a double portion "because he loved her, and the LORD had closed her womb" (1 Samuel 1:5, NIV).
Gospel of Jesus' Wife, recto. The Gospel of Jesus' Wife is a forged 4th century papyrus fragment with Coptic text that includes the words, "Jesus said to them, 'my wife... '". The text received widespread attention when first publicized in 2012 for the implication that some early Christians believed that Jesus was married.
A new book claims even Jesus had his secrets. It's called "The Lost Gospel" and it's based off of manuscripts found in British Library dating back more than 1,400 years written in Syriac - the ...
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