Children, Motherhood, and the Social Death of Childless Women: The Social and Theological Construction of Infertility in the Hebrew Bible and in Cameroon

IF 0.3 3区哲学 0 RELIGION

Biblical Interpretation-A Journal of Contemporary Approaches Pub Date : 2020-11-30 DOI:10.1163/15685152-2805a005

Alice Yafeh-Deigh

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Abstract

This paper reviews the biblical mandate to have children in tension with the claim that God holds the exclusive power to open and close wombs. What are the social and cultural implications of this theological assertion for procreative disadvantaged women in the Hebrew Bible (Sarah [Gen.16], Rebecca [Gen. 25], Rachel [Gen. 29–30], Samson’s mother [Judges 13], and Hannah [1 Sam 1])? Focusing on children’s value, I will examine the implications of procreative sexual ethics for Cameroonian women with permanent infertility. The conclusion further proposes a reconceptualized and subversive motherhood model using the Naomi-Ruth narrative, constructing family beyond biology or genetics.

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儿童、母亲身份和无子女妇女的社会死亡：希伯来圣经和喀麦隆对不孕不育的社会和神学建构

本文回顾了圣经中关于生孩子的规定，并声称上帝拥有打开和关闭子宫的专属权力。希伯来圣经（Sarah[Gen.16]、Rebecca[Gen.25]、Rachel[Gen.29-30]、Samson的母亲[Judges 13]和Hannah[1Sam 1]）中，这一神学主张对生育弱势妇女的社会和文化影响是什么？围绕儿童的价值，我将研究生殖性道德对喀麦隆永久不孕妇女的影响。结论进一步提出了一个重新概念化和颠覆性的母亲模式，使用娜奥米·鲁斯的叙事，构建了生物学或遗传学之外的家庭。

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