Jouissance and Trauma in Sarah's Laugh and Aporia: The Construction of Collective Identity in the Parshat VaYera'

VaYera' begins with Sarah's laughter at the announcement of her future maternity. Later she laughs in what seems a self-deprecatory manner at Isaac's birth and her nursing the child. Sarah also speaks. God listens. She insists that Abraham expel Hagar and Ishmael. Abraham resists. God...

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Main Author: Sabbath, Roberta (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press [2020]
In: Journal of ecumenical studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 55, Issue: 3, Pages: 346-359
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Parsha Vayera'
B Pittsburgh Shabbat Massacre
B Sarah's laugh
B Hebrew Bible
B Tree Of Life Shabbat massacre
B Collective trauma
B Biblical Sarah
B Sarah's Aporia
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