“But Sarah Denied for She was Afraid” : Considerations on Gen 18

Suriano, Ambra (2023) “But Sarah Denied for She was Afraid” : Considerations on Gen 18. Ἰlu. Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones, 28: e85053.

Abstract

This paper provides an interpretation of Sarah’s laugh in Gen 18:12. Sarah’s behaviour has been outlined over the years as distrustful in front of God, but her fear of the divine strangers allows a different reading. The comparison with the attitude of Lot’s sons-in-law in Gen 18:14 will help rescue the character of Sarah from a negative evaluation, so consciousness and unconsciousness will be pointed out to be the conditions for finding God’s piety in the narrative.