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Rachel Adelman

Nov 20, 2020, 1:51 PM

From 'Isaac and Rebecca,' by Friedrich Bouterwek, 1840. (public domain)

If Rebekah had just told Isaac the prophecy she’d heard about their twins’ future at their birth, wouldn't she have spared herself all that subterfuge on Jacob’s behalf? (Toledot)

About Me

Rachel Adelman is Associate Professor of Tanakh at Hebrew College in Boston. She lectures widely in North America and abroad, and has published poetry, articles, divrei Torah, and books, most recently: The Female Ruse — Women’s Deception and Divine Sanction in the Hebrew Bible (2015).