%0 Journal Article
%T What the @#$! is a helpmate?
%A LeAnn Snow Flesher
%J Review & Expositor
%@ 2052-9449
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0034637318806590
%X For centuries, Eve¡¯s role as depicted in Gen 2:18, 20 has been translated in the KJV as ¡®help meet,¡¯ a translation that eventually came to be rendered ¡®helpmate.¡¯ This article provides linguistic analysis of the Hebrew words ¡®¨¥zer kenegdo, translated in the KJV as ¡®help meet,¡¯ as well as a brief analysis of the reception history of this Hebrew phrase that includes the intertextuality of New Testament allusions to Gen 2:18, 20 and the intersectionality of contemporary interpretations regarding women of color
%K 18 & 20
%K helpmeet
%K womanist
%K women¡¯s rights
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0034637318806590