Genesis hermeneutics: Agar the slave woman who gives a name to god
Salesian Polytechnic University. Department of anthropology online. Ecuador.\
Review Article
GSC Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 16(02), 112–115.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscarr.2023.16.2.0326
Publication history:
Received on 16 June 2023; revised on 26 July 2023; accepted on 29 July 2023
Abstract:
Hagar is a woman and a slave, she is also a foreigner, an expatriate and the surrogate of Sara, Abraham's legitimate wife. However, Hagar and later her son Ishmael would underestimate Sara and Isaac, triggering their own escape and exclusion twice into the desert. The text develops a hermeneutic analysis, recognizing that any attempt at interpretation is a principle of dialogue whose objective is reflection on the relationship between the human being (Agar) and God, overcoming all social, ethnic or gender barriers. God exists for the ordinary human because that God is sensitive to his own being, to his own misery. It is the God who sees me, who redeems me, who exempts me from death.
Keywords:
Hagar; God; Hermeneutics; Genesis; Charity
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