Sarah

Sarah
Sarah
שָׂרָה‎
	Abram's Counsel to Sarai (1896–1902) by James Tissot
Born	Ur of the Chaldees
Died	Hebron
Burial place	Cave of the Patriarchs
Spouse	Abraham
Children	Isaac
Parent	Terah (father);
Relatives	Haran (brother); Nahor (brother); Nahor (grandfather); Abraham (half-brother); Lot (nephew); Lot's daughters (grandnieces); Moab (great-grandnephew/grandnephew); Ben-Ammi (great-grandnephew/grandnephew); Iscah (niece); Milcah (niece/sister-in-law); Bethuel (grandnephew/nephew); Rebecca (great-grandniece/grandniece/daughter-in-law); Laban (great-grandnephew/grandnephew); Esau (grandson); Jacob (grandson); Ishmael (half-nephew/step-son)

Sarah^[a] (born Sarai)^[b] is a biblical matriarch, prophet, and major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious woman, renowned for her hospitality and beauty, the wife and half-sister^[1] of Abraham, and the mother of Isaac. Sarah has her feast day on 1 September in the Catholic Church,^[2] 19 August in the Coptic Orthodox Church,^[3] 20 January in the LCMS,^[4] and 12 and 20 December in the Eastern Orthodox Church.^[5] Most scholars view the patriarchal and matriarchal narratives as unhistorical literary constructs.^[6]^[7]

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^ Genesis 20:12
^ Zeno. "Lexikoneintrag zu »Sara (5)«. Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 5. Augsburg 1882, ..." www.zeno.org (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-24.
^ "Sara". DEON.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-01-01.
^ "Lutheran - Religious calendar 2021 - Calendar.sk". calendar.zoznam.sk. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
^ "Праведная Са́рра, жена ветхозаветного патриарха Авраа́ма". azbyka.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-12-16.
^ Frevel, Christian. History of Ancient Israel. Atlanta, Georgia. SBL Press. 2023. p. 33. ISBN 9781628375138. “[T]he narratives about the patriarchs and matriarchs are not true in the historical sense.”
^ Dever, William G. (2001). p. 98. What Did the Biblical Writers Know, and when Did They Know It?: What Archaeology Can Tell Us about the Reality of Ancient Israel. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8028-2126-3.

[3] Genesis 20:12

[4] Zeno. "Lexikoneintrag zu »Sara (5)«. Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon, Band 5. Augsburg 1882, ..." www.zeno.org (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-24.

[5] "Sara". DEON.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-01-01.

[6] "Lutheran - Religious calendar 2021 - Calendar.sk". calendar.zoznam.sk. Retrieved 2021-10-24.

[7] "Праведная Са́рра, жена ветхозаветного патриарха Авраа́ма". azbyka.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-12-16.

[8] Frevel, Christian. History of Ancient Israel. Atlanta, Georgia. SBL Press. 2023. p. 33. ISBN 9781628375138. “[T]he narratives about the patriarchs and matriarchs are not true in the historical sense.”

[9] Dever, William G. (2001). p. 98. What Did the Biblical Writers Know, and when Did They Know It?: What Archaeology Can Tell Us about the Reality of Ancient Israel. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8028-2126-3.

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Sarah
שָׂרָה‎
Abram's Counsel to Sarai (1896–1902) by James Tissot
Born	Ur of the Chaldees
Died	Hebron
Burial place	Cave of the Patriarchs
Spouse	Abraham
Children	Isaac
Parent	Terah (father)
Relatives	Haran (brother) Nahor (brother) Nahor (grandfather) Abraham (half-brother) Lot (nephew) Lot's daughters (grandnieces) Moab (great-grandnephew/grandnephew) Ben-Ammi (great-grandnephew/grandnephew) Iscah (niece) Milcah (niece/sister-in-law) Bethuel (grandnephew/nephew) Rebecca (great-grandniece/grandniece/daughter-in-law) Laban (great-grandnephew/grandnephew) Esau (grandson) Jacob (grandson) Ishmael (half-nephew/step-son)