“But Sarah Denied for She was Afraid”: Considerations on Gen 18

Mots-clés : Hebrew Bible, Sarah, laugh, fear of God, Lot’s sons-in-law, consciousness, unconsciousness, characterisation

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This paper aims to interpret Sarah’s laugh in Gen 18:12. Sarah’s behaviour has been outlined over the years as distrustful in front of God, but her fear of the divine strangers allows a different reading. The comparison with the attitude of Lot’s sons-in-law in Gen 18:14 will help rescue Sarah from a negative evaluation, so consciousness and unconsciousness will be pointed out to be the conditions for finding God’s piety.

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2023-12-18
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Suriano, A. (2023). “But Sarah Denied for She was Afraid”: Considerations on Gen 18. ’Ilu. Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones, 28, e85053. https://doi.org/10.5209/ilur.85053
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