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Shīʿī aḥādīth, particularly on women, are an immensely understudied area. Studies on Shīʿī aḥādīth on women usually centre on Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ, and little research explores pre-Islamic sacred female figures in Shīʿī aḥādīth. At the same time, there an urgent interest in Shīʿism…

The stories surrounding the woman whom legend names as the wife of the Hebrew Patriarch Abraham and the mother of God's Chosen People are here re-examined and explored with the intent of gaining insight into how her stories, as interpreted and promulgated by a patriarchal societ…