Pharaoh’s Daughter: The Adoptive Mother’s Sacrifice

Quine, Cat

Abstract

In Exodus 2 Moses has two mothers; his Hebrew mother, who nurses him, and the daughter of Pharaoh, who financially supports his Hebrew mother, adopts him, and names him. Pharaoh's daughter appears in scholarly discussions, yet little attention is given to her role as mother of Moses. Indeed, this motherhood is downplayed in the biblical texts and perhaps also in scholarship, wherein the daughter of Pharaoh is absent from many discussions of biblical mothers and at times relegated beneath the birthmother in commentaries. This article argues that we should remember and celebrate the daughter of Pharaoh as a mother of Moses.

Citation

Quine, C. (2021). Pharaoh’s Daughter: The Adoptive Mother’s Sacrifice. Feminist Theology, 29(2), 102-112. https://doi.org/10.1177/0966735020965164

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 30, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Jan 13, 2021
• Publication Date: 2021-01
• Deposit Date: Feb 4, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 13, 2021
• Journal: Feminist Theology
• Print ISSN: 0966-7350
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 102-112
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0966735020965164
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3880423
• Publisher URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/QURJFIMZKRCF9RTW7NM7/full