From: Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [b-hebrew] Abraham, Sarah, Lot and Lot's Wife: Part I of II
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:40:53 -0500
Here we go again. We know that Avraham had no such doubts because
G-d warned Avimelech in a dream not to touch her, telling him that
Avraham was a prophet, and therefore he knew that she had not been
touched.
Shoshanna Walker
I am not insisting that Abimelech touched Sarah. What I am insisting,
rather, is that the received text strongly suggests that Abraham
himself had some
real doubts about IsaacÄôs biological paternity for many years.
Eventually those
doubts are resolved to everyoneÄôs satisfaction and great relief, but not
immediately.
[b-hebrew] Abraham, Sarah, Lot and Lot's Wife: Part I of II,
Shoshanna Walker, 12/27/2007