Hagar

distressing for her because God had promised her husband Abraham that he would be the father of the Jewish nation, with descendants more numerous than the stars in the sky. After waiting many years, Sarah convinced Abraham to sleep with her handmaiden, Hagar, to produce an heir. That was an accepted practice in ancient times. The child born of that encounter was named Ishmael. But God had not forgotten his promise. Three heavenly beings, disguised as travelers, appeared to Abraham. God repeated…

of his ancestors if he did not reconcile his current self with his traumatic childhood. Much like the emphatic repetition of the “old blues song” that Pilate sings, in order to solve the mysteries of their family’s origin and carve a place for themselves in America, Milkman and his family uses music to heal themselves and eachother. Music and musical terminology are used to promote healing in the novel; but the recurring use of Pilate's “old blues song” creates a vein of psychotherapy that is…

does what she believes is right, giving her power and strength enough to defy gender norms and take down an angry, violent man. Nearer to the end of the book, Pilate does not yet understand how Milkman has developed as a person. Her granddaughter, Hagar, dies because of the heartbreak she felt over Milkman, so Pilate kidnaps Milkman, because “Pilate would have put him someplace near something that remained of the life he had taken, so he could have it,” (Morrison 332). This shows that Pilate has…

When Isaac, the child God actually promised, was born, Sarai, now called Sarah, and Hagar, started fighting. Eventually Abram, now called Abraham, had to force Hagar to leave. In the same way Romeo and Juliet decided to take matters into their own hands. Since they are from warring families, Romeo and Juliet decide to make plans with Friar Lawrence to be married in secret.…

There have been many prehistoric structures found by archeologists all over the world, one of them being the megalithic temples of Malta. Archeologists have dated the temples from 4000- 2500 BC, making it older than the pyramids and Stonehenge. The temples were made out of stone and consisted of an incomplete dome and horizontal arch and post and animal hide coverings. Most of the temples had a basic floor plan of a variable number of hemispheric chambers branching off from a narrow entrance…

the interpersonal relations between Sarah and Hagar being a mirror for human tendency are a notion that I feel is important for my congregation’s context. Society’s stratification of importance based on gender, race, economic status, educational levels, and the like greatly afflict this white, rural context. The conflicts found within this ancient world of women are more universally known than most would care to admit. The fact that God intervenes on Hagar and Ishmael’s behalf after hearing the…

Firstly, Lord ordered Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed” (Abraham Narrative). This is known by the Israelites as the covenant between Abram and the Lord. Abram obeyed Lord and…

Abraham originally Abram is the first of the three patriarchs of Judaism, the other two are Isaac and Jacob. Abraham was born in Ur his father name was Terah and he was ninth in descent from Noah Abraham had two brothers Nahor, and Haran. Abraham married Sarai whose named was later charged to Sarah. Terah, Abraham, Sarah, and Lot who was Abraham’s nephew left Ur to go into the land of Canaan, but they came to Haran and lived there until Terah died. After Terah died God called Abraham and told…

In this landmark work of emerging African American Womanist theology, Delores William- Women’s Voices is found in the biblical figure of Hagar -- mother of Ishmael, cast into the desert by Abraham and Sarah, but protected by God -- a prototype of the struggle of African-American women. It is a picture of African slaves, homeless exile, surrogate mother, and Hagar’s story provides an image…

uncompromising in his conviction of Tawhid [8]. Sa’y Sa’y literally means to strive, to make an effort to reach an aim. Running between the mountains – Safa and Marwa – seven times, you act like Hagar, the mother of infant Ishmael. After Abraham left her and their son, near the valley of Mecca, Hagar had no food, no water, no shelter, neither for herself nor for her child, but only uncompromising, relentless faith that the God of Abraham will not leave her and her son without…