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<point><b>What are teraphim?</b></point> | <point><b>What are teraphim?</b></point> | ||
<point><b>לָמָּה גָנַבְתָּ אֶת אֱלֹהָי</b></point> | <point><b>לָמָּה גָנַבְתָּ אֶת אֱלֹהָי</b></point> | ||
+ | <point><b>Sitting on them</b></point> | ||
+ | <point><b>Belief in Magic and divination</b></point> | ||
<point><b>Evaluation of Rachel's actions</b></point> | <point><b>Evaluation of Rachel's actions</b></point> | ||
</category> | </category> |
Version as of 23:20, 16 November 2015
Rachel's Stealing of the Terafim
Exegetical Approaches
Survival
Rachel stole the teraphim so that her father could not use them to divine where the family had fled to.
What are teraphim?
לָמָּה גָנַבְתָּ אֶת אֱלֹהָי
Sitting on them
Belief in Magic and divination
Evaluation of Rachel's actions
Religious Motivations
Economic Advantage
Sources:Modern scholars