Genesis 16; 17:15—18:15; 21:1–21
(i.e., all of chapter 16; then start at chapter 17 verse 15 and read through chapter 18 verse 15; then the first 21 verses of chapter 21)
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Renita J. Weems, “A Mistress, a Maid, and No Mercy.”
From Just a Sister Away: Understanding the Timeless Connection Between Women of Today and Women in the Bible, 1–19. New York: Warner, 1988, 2005.
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Optional: Frank Moore Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic: Essays in the History of the Religion of Israel, 112–144.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1973.
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