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Concept

Kinship

Images

  • Jacob meets Rachel and falls in love. Engraving by E. Jeaurat after P.F. Mola.
  • Abraham banishes Hagar and Ishmael; Sarah and Isaac look on. Engraving by R. Parr after G. Hoet.
  • Rachel approaches Jacob through a flock of sheep; one of the inhabitants of the land points her out as being Laban's daughter. Line engraving by F. Bartolozzi after W. Hamilton, 1791.
  • Abraham's servant is impressed by the beautiful Rebecca, who stands in white amid the women around the well. Engraving by P.-I. Drevet after N. Coypel.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    The relationship systems of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian / by Theresa Mayer Durlach.

    Durlach, Theresa Mayer, 1891-1981. | Date: 1928
    • Books

    Lewis Henry Morgan and the invention of kinship / Thomas R. Trautmann.

    Trautmann, Thomas R. | Date: [1987], ©1987
    • Books

    Family and kinship in East London / Michael Young and Peter Willmott.

    Young, Michael Dunlop, 1915-2002. | Date: [1957]
    • Books

    Technologies of procreation : kinship in the age of assisted conception / Jeanette Edwards [and others].

    | Date: 1999
    • Books

    Who Am I? : experiences of donor conception / with foreword and afterword by Alexina McWhinnie.

    | Date: 2006
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