Noah's wife

Noah's wifeis one of thefour wives aboard Noah's Ark.While nameless in the Bible (Genesis 4:22; Gen. 7:7), apocryphal literature lists 103 variations of her name and personality.^[1]

Some apocryphal literature identified her withNaamah,the daughter ofLamech,^{[citation needed]}and thus a descendant ofCain,but thedeuterocanonical Book of Tobitstates that Noah's wife was one of his "own kindred" (Tobit 4:12). In theDead Sea Scrolls,she is named Emzara.^[2]

In Mandaeism[edit]

TheBook of Kings,the final book of theMandaeanRight Ginza,^[3]refers to Noah's (orShem's)^[4]wife by the name Nuraita (orNhuraitha, Anhuraita,among various other spellings).^[5]There is some contradiction between texts, and some textual ambiguity, regarding which patriarch is married to Nuraita; additionally, Anhuraita appears to be aportmanteauof Nuraita and Anhar, the wives of Noah and Shem.^[6]

References[edit]

^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.
^Schuller, Eileen (2009). "Women in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Some Observations from a Dictionary".Revue de Qumrân.24(93): 49–59.JSTOR 24663086.
^Häberl, Charles (2022).The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World: A Universal History from the Late Sasanian Empire.Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.doi:10.3828/9781800856271(inactive 31 January 2024).ISBN 978-1-80085-627-1.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)
^"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.]
^Gelbert, Carlos (2011).Ginza Rba.Sydney: Living Water Books.ISBN 9780958034630.
^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[edit]

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.S2CID 163574912.

[1] 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.

[2] Schuller, Eileen (2009). "Women in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Some Observations from a Dictionary".Revue de Qumrân.24(93): 49–59.JSTOR 24663086.

[Häberl_2022-3] Häberl, Charles (2022).The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World: A Universal History from the Late Sasanian Empire.Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.doi:10.3828/9781800856271(inactive 31 January 2024).ISBN 978-1-80085-627-1.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)

[ginza-alsaadi-r19-4] "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.]

[GR_Gelbert-5] Gelbert, Carlos (2011).Ginza Rba.Sydney: Living Water Books.ISBN 9780958034630.

[6] 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.

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