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  • Before Moses, there were Midwives

    Before Moses, there were Midwives

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    by

    Jasmine
    in

    Exodus and Liberation A Subversive Reading of Shiphrah and Puah Exodus 1:15–21 Introduction: The Story the Canon Almost Skipped The story of Shiphrah and Puah is easy to miss. It occupies seven verses in the opening chapter of Exodus, it introduces no hero the tradition will remember, and it is quickly overtaken by the more…