Sexual exploitation or legitimate surrogacy: Reading the Hagar narrative (Gn 16:1–4a) in African context
Theologia Viatorum
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Sexual exploitation or legitimate surrogacy: Reading the Hagar narrative (Gn 16:1–4a) in African context | |
| Creator | Ademiluka, Solomon O. | |
| Description | Barren and advanced in age, Sarai proposed to Abram to take her maid, Hagar, as a wife so that they might have children through her. To some interpreters, this is sexual exploitation of Hagar. Using a reader-oriented approach, this article re-examines this mode of interpretation as well as assesses the perspectives in which the Hagar narrative appeals to the African reader. We found out that, when studied against its social background, the Abram–Hagar union is better understood as legitimate surrogacy. The research also found out that the text appeals to the African reader in the contexts of the problem of childlessness and modern surrogacy. The childless African reader thus finds solace in this narrative as it is suggestive of surrogacy as a pragmatic solution to his or her problem. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
| Date | 2019-07-30 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/tv.v43i1.2 | |
| Source | Theologia Viatorum; Vol 43, No 1 (2019); 10 pages 2664-2980 0378-4142 | |
| Language | eng | |
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