This page groups figures by the gender their own tradition assigns them. Wikipedia defines gender as "the range of social, psychological, cultural, and behavioral aspects of being a man (or boy), woman (or girl), or portraying a third gender." Browsing by gender lets a visitor compare how differently traditions present their male, female and other figures.
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What Defines This GroupingThe founding mothers of the biblical narrative, honoured alongside the patriarchs as ancestresses of the covenant community. In Jewish usage the Matriarchs are four, and the title does not extend to every woman of Genesis. 2 Size of the Traditional SetFour: Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel and Leah. 2Tradition: Judaism Learn More
The matriarchs
This group gathers the matriarchs, the founding mothers of the Abrahamic peoples, whose stories run alongside those of the patriarchs and who are honoured as ancestresses of the covenant community.
The browser will find figures such as Eve and Sarah of the biblical narrative. The entries describe each as scripture presents her, noting their place in the tradition's memory.
Gender
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd edition
Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik (eds.), Macmillan Reference USA, 2007on the matriarchs of the Genesis narrativesView the Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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