No Name Woman: Noah's Wife and Heterosexual Incestuous Relations in Genesis 9:18-29

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dc.contributor.authorBlackmer, Corinne
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-08T13:27:59Z
dc.date.available2019-02-08T13:27:59Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe terse story of Noah and Ham has puzzled scholars since antiquity. While most critics have argued that castration, homosexual paternal incest, or voyeurism explain why Noah pronounces the severe curse of permanent servitude on Ham’s son, Canaan, this article shows that the preponderance of evidence makes clear that Ham’s offense is heterosexual maternal incest. Ham has sex with his mother, Noah’s wife, after Noah loses consciousness from wine. Ham brags about what he has done to his brothers, because he has displaced his father, become the patriarch, and, ironically, fulfilled the injunction to “be fruitful and multiply”. Canaan is cursed because he is the product of this illicit union. Noah’s wife, who should have an individual name and identity that comports with her stature as the second mother of creation, is buried under indirect language of “the nakedness of the father” that at once disguises and draws attention to her unspeakable importance in this story.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBlackmer C. E. No Name Woman: Noah's Wife and Heterosexual Incestuous Relations in Genesis 9:18-29 / Corinne E. Blackmer // Judaica Ukrainica : Annual Journal of Jewish Studies. - 2012. - Vol. 1. - P. 29-46.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2305-4034
dc.identifier.urihttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/15148
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.sourceJudaica Ukrainica : Annual Journal of Jewish Studies. - 2012. - Vol. 1en_US
dc.statusfirst publisheden_US
dc.subjectNoahen_US
dc.subjectHamen_US
dc.subjectNoah’s Wifeen_US
dc.subjectheterosexual incestuous relationsen_US
dc.subjectGenesisen_US
dc.subjectincesten_US
dc.subjectCanaanen_US
dc.subjectBible studyen_US
dc.subjectBibleen_US
dc.subjectarticleen_US
dc.titleNo Name Woman: Noah's Wife and Heterosexual Incestuous Relations in Genesis 9:18-29en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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