Fractured families and rebel maidservants : the Biblical Hagar in seventeenth-century Dutch art and literature / Christine Petra Sellin.

Author/creator Sellin, Christine Petra, 1961-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Continuum, ©2006.
Descriptionxviii, 189 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Chapter one. The story of Hagar and Ishmael in traditional Christian literature: ancient, patristic, medieval, and sixteenth-century interpretations -- Chapter two. Of households and thresholds: seventeenth-century Dutch Christian literature and the story of Hagar -- Chapter three. Paintings of Sarah presenting Hagar to Abraham as wife (Gen. 16:2-4) -- Chapter four. The runaway Hagar encounters the angel (Gen. 16:6-14) -- Chapter five. Paintings of the expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael (Gen. 21:14) -- Chapter six. Saving Hagar and Ishmael: the wilderness-rescue (Gen. 21:15-19) -- Summary and conclusion. -- Appendix.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 161-178) and index.
LCCN 2005025252
ISBN0567028917 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0567029018 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780567029010

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Joyner General Stacks NX652.H32 S45 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold