%0 Journal Article %A Houtman, C. %T Die Augen Leas ‘Rewritten Bible’ als ein Phänomen des 20. Jahrhunderts1Übersetzt aus dem Niederländischen von W. Hilbrands. %D 1999 %J NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion, %V 53 %N 2 %P 89-98 %@ 2590-3268 %R https://doi.org/10.5117/NTT1999.53.001.HOUT %I Amsterdam University Press, %X 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. %U https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/NTT1999.53.001.HOUT