Search results
In Her Prayer, God is Presented as the One Who Helps the Weak. Hannah and Peninnah represent the weak and the strong in this world. The strong often mock the weak, but God hears and rescues the ...
- Lesli White
May 11, 2010 · Misery and depression threatened to consume Hannah and draw her away from the Lord. Instead, she poured out her pain and anguish before Him in one of the most emotionally charged scenes in Scripture: "In bitterness of soul Hannah wept much and prayed to the LORD" (1:10 NIV). Second, Hannah applied God's Word to her painful reality. Although it ...
May 9, 2018 · The series, based on the YA novel by Jay Asher, is about the reasons why high schooler Hannah Baker (Katherine Langford) decided to take her life, as explained in 13 audio tapes she recorded ...
- Hannah, Samuel, and Peninnah
- Was Peninnah Hannah’s Adversary?
- Josephus — Circa 100 Ce, and Approximately 1,200 Years After Hannah and Peninnah
- Pseudo Philo16 — Date Uncertain
- Rashi — Circa 1,100 Ce, and Approximately 2,200 Years After Hannah and Peninnah
- Early Christian Writings and A Bridge to Christianity
- Cyprian
- Gregory Nazianzen
- Augustine
- Jerome and The Latin Vulgate
After years of childlessness Hannah made a vow to the Lord and was blessed with the birth of a son, Samuel. Due to that vow, once Samuel was weaned — probably around the age of two or three — Hannah left him in the care of Eli, the High Priest at the sanctuary. Below is the KJV translation of the events that led up to the birth of Samuel: Hannah wa...
If we rely solely on English translations of the Bible, the commentaries of theologians, and religious instructional materials it seems apparent that Peninnah was indeed Hannah’s adversary and tormentor. However, a study of the Hebrew text possibly reveals a more plausible answer. Focusing only on verses 6 and 7 from 1 Samuel, we read: Twice in the...
The earliest written commentary that mentions Peninnah comes from the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus. With regard to 1 Samuel 1:1–20, Josephus wrote the following in his work Antiquities of the Jews, which he finished toward the end of the 1st century ce: Absent from Josephus’ commentary is any idea that Penninah was an “adversary” to Hannah. In...
Dates for the authorship of Biblical Antiquities range anywhere from the early 1st century ce to the 4th century ce, a broad window. Of interest to our study is the midrashic commentary about Peninnah found in this book. In it our previously mute Peninnah suddenly develops a voice, and a savage one at that: This midrash from Pseudo-Philo is a vast ...
Shlomo Yitzchaki, commonly known as Rashi, was an eminent medieval rabbi who wrote extensively on the Hebrew Bible and the Talmud. Regarding Peninnah, Rashi primarily synthesized the writings of earlier rabbis. Below is his commentary for the verses from 1 Samuel 1: By Rashi’s time the mold was set; even though she may have had good intentions, Pen...
These beliefs regarding Peninnah seem to have spread from the world of Rabbinic Judaism and into Christian belief, but how? As previously mentioned, Matthew Henry, the early 18thcentury Christian minister, lambasted Peninnah in his commentary on 1 Samuel. We also know that Henry was acutely aware of Jewish traditions concerning her. Referencing Han...
Writing in the middle of the 3rd century, one of the earliest church fathers to write about Peninnah was Cyprian. Like the LXX and Josephus, Cyprian casts her in a neutral light; Peninnah is present in Hannah’s story, but nothing more:
As the Archbishop of Constantinople during the latter part of the 4th century, Gregory Nazianzen wrote about Peninnah’s and Hannah’s children, but not about any conflict between the two women. As a pre-Latin Vulgate theologian, Nazianzen seems to be unaware of any adversarial relationship:
While Augustine makes no direct references to Peninnah, he does comment on Hannah’s (Anna) barrenness on several occasions. For example:36 Peninnah’s absence in Augustine’s commentary is significant. Not proficient in Greek, Augustine used various translations of the old Latin texts of the Bible — the Vetus Latinae — in his writing and preaching. S...
Tasked with the responsibility of creating a new Latin translation of the Bible, Jerome relocated to Bethlehem in approximately 388 ce. Believing the Hebrew Bible to be superior to the various Latin texts of the Bible and to the Greek LXX, he began his new Latin translation — known as the Latin Vulgate — around 390 ce. While skilled in both Latin a...
1 Samuel 1:9-11. When people feel deeply sad, they do not always behave in the same way. Some people become bitter and angry against God; they blame him for their troubles. However, in other people’s lives, their troubles cause them to desire God more and to ask for his help. That is what Hannah did.
Apr 24, 2017 · The central moral from “ 13 Reasons Why ” is the cliché message to just be kind to everyone. Yes, Hannah was depressed. Yes, it would have helped to have healthier peer relationships. Yes, she needed a friend. Anyone you meet could be considered a “Hannah.”.
Apr 11, 2017 · Jay Asher, who wrote the book on which 13 Reasons is based, said that the team wanted to depict Hannah’s death in detail to “show it as horrific as it actually is.”. Asher told Entertainment ...
People also ask
Why did Hannah die in 13 reasons why?
Why did Hannah cry out to God about her situation?
Why did Hannah Baker die?
Why is Hannah important to the Bible?
Why is Hannah's Story so dangerous?
Was Hannah's womb a source of depression and grief?
