Description:
Hannah is one of the powerful women of the Hebrew Bible, but how is she described in rabbinical literature? Based on the text bBer 31a-32b this article deals with the literary construction of a female hero in the Babylonian Talmud. It focuses on the question which female qualities the rabbinical authors thought inextinguishable, despite Hannahs pugnacious character, her fighting against the authorities and power never to give in.