Noah's wife
Noah's wife is nameless in the Bible (Genesis 4:22; Gen. 7:7). According to F. L. Utley,[1] apocryphal literature lists 103 variations of her name and personality.
The most popular candidate is Naamah, the daughter of Lamech.
In Mandaeism
Mandaean literature, of uncertain antiquity, refers to Noah's (or Shem's)[2] wife by the name Nuraita (or Nhuraitha, Anhuraita, various other spellings). There is some contradiction between texts, and some textual ambiguity, regarding which patriarch is married to Nuraita; additionally, Anhuraita appears to be a portmanteau of Nuraita and Anhar, the wives of Noah and Shem.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Utley, Francis Lee (1941). "The One Hundred and Three Names of Noah's Wife". Speculum. 16 (4): 426–452. doi:10.2307/2852842. JSTOR 2852842. S2CID 163797953.
- ^ "Book Nineteen: The Deluge". Ginza Rabba. Vol. Right Volume. Translated by Al-Saadi, Qais; Al-Saadi, Hamed (2nd ed.). Germany: Drabsha. 2019. pp. 203–204. [Note: this book, or a larger text containing it, is numbered book 18 in some other editions.]
- ^ Lupieri, Edmondo (2008). "The Mandaeans and the Myth of Their Origins". In Macuch, Rudolf (ed.). Und das Leben ist siegreich! / And Life is Victorious. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 127–144. ISBN 978-3-447-05178-1.
Bibliography
- Utley, Francis Lee (1941). "The One Hundred and Three Names of Noah's Wife". Speculum. 16 (4): 426–452. doi:10.2307/2852842. JSTOR 2852842. S2CID 163797953.
- Tolmie, Jane (1 January 2002). "Mrs Noah and didactic abuses". Early Theatre. 5 (1): 11–36. doi:10.12745/et.5.1.623. JSTOR 43499152. Gale A228909147.
- Young, Wilfred (1957). "Noah and His Wife: A Note on Three English Miracle Plays". Hermathena (90): 17–32. JSTOR 23039504.
- Mill, Anna Jean (1941). "Noah's Wife Again". PMLA. 56 (3): 613–626. doi:10.2307/458985. JSTOR 458985.