@article{aup:/content/journals/10.5117/NTT1999.53.001.HOUT, author = "Houtman, C.", title = "Die Augen Leas ‘Rewritten Bible’ als ein Phänomen des 20. Jahrhunderts1Übersetzt aus dem Niederländischen von W. Hilbrands.", journal= "NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion", year = "1999", volume = "53", number = "2", pages = "89-98", doi = "https://doi.org/10.5117/NTT1999.53.001.HOUT", url = "https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/NTT1999.53.001.HOUT", publisher = "Amsterdam University Press", issn = "2590-3268", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Abstract The article has two parts: (1) A discussion of the disputed meaning of the adjective rakkôt ‘weak’, ‘tender’, ‘lovely’ etc.?), which is used in the description of Leah’s appearance in Gen. 29:17; only a negative interpretation is considered to be likely. (2) An analysis of the way in which biblical persons can be subject of a thorough metamorphosis in modem forms of ‘rewritten bible’, in family bibles, children’s bibles etc., judging from their presentation of Leah’s appearance.", }