词条 | Handmaiden |
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A handmaiden, handmaid or maidservant is a personal maid or female servant.[1] Depending on culture or historical period, a handmaiden may be of slave status or may be simply an employee. However, the term handmaiden explicitly implies lowly status. Depictions in Abrahamic textsIn the Hebrew Bible, the term handmaid is applied to a female servant who serves her mistress, as in the case of Hagar being described as Sarai's handmaid,[2] Zilpah being Leah's handmaid[3] and Bilhah as Rachel's handmaid.[4][5] In each of these cases, the mistress "gave" their handmaid to their husbands "to wife", to bear his "seed" (children). The use in the Torah of the prefix "to", as in "gave to wife", may indicate that the wife is a concubine or inferior wife.[6] The text repeats that these people remain handmaids of their mistress though they are also the concubine of the mistress's husband. They are referred to interchangeably by the Hebrew terms {{lang|he|{{Script/Hebrew|אָמָה}}}} ({{lang|he-Latn|’āmāh}}) and {{lang|he|{{Script/Hebrew|שִׁפְחָה}}}} ({{lang|he-Latn|šip̄ḥāh}}). MaryIn Christianity, Mary, the mother of Jesus is referred to as the "handmaid of the Lord" or "servant of the Lord",[7] both of which are titles of honour for the mother of Jesus.[8] The Gospel of Luke describes Mary as the "handmaid of the Lord" (Greek {{lang|grc|δούλη}}, {{lang|grc-Latn|doulē}}) when she gives her consent to the message of the Angel (cf. {{Bibleverse|Luke|1:38|KJV}}), and when she proclaims the greatness of the Lord because of "the great things" he has worked in her (cf. {{Bibleverse|Luke|1:49|KJV}})."[8] In popular culture
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References1. ^It is also used metaphorically for something whose primary role is to serve or assist.{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handmaiden |title=Handmaiden - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary |publisher=Merriam-webster.com |date=2012-08-31 |accessdate=2013-09-17}} 2. ^{{bibleverse||Genesis|16:3|HE}} 3. ^{{bibleverse||Genesis|30:9|HE}} 4. ^{{bibleverse||Genesis|30:3-4|HE}} 5. ^{{Cite news |url=https://www.refinery29.com/2017/04/151796/handmaids-tale-meaning-rachel-bilhah-bible-story |title=This Biblical Story Is At The Heart Of The Handmaid's Tale |access-date=2018-08-30 }} 6. ^Women, similar to wives from vadimcherny.org 7. ^{{cite book|last=Closs|first=Michael P.|title=The Book of Mary: A Commentary on the Protevangelium of James|date=29 June 2016|publisher=FriesenPress|language=English |isbn=9781460284872|page=27}} 8. ^1 {{cite book|last=Press|first=Liturgical|title=Collection of Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary|year=2012|publisher=Liturgical Press|language=English|isbn=9780814634868|page=192}} 6 : Concubines|Domestic work|Stock characters|Gendered occupations|Slavery|Women by occupation |
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