tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857552686265172563.post714832331342026082..comments2022-12-07T04:14:41.549-08:00Comments on Omega Profblog: Rachel and the Household GodsTeam Omegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16827656206387403554noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857552686265172563.post-90322850894498398852010-12-10T12:03:13.033-08:002010-12-10T12:03:13.033-08:00I think you are correct household gods do mean a l...I think you are correct household gods do mean a lot of things throughout our texts. I realize that the point of a household deity is to watch over the home and the family. However it is confusing to me as to why Rachel took the gods, and latter basically gave up her life for them, because Jacob had cursed the person withholding the gods. I understand they need to have a household protector, yet where are Jacob’s gods? Also, if Rachel is now married to Jacob should the same Gods still watch over them, since she had moved from one household to the other. Even though they are relatives, they have significantly different households.<br />Another thing that was interesting for me was how the treatment of household gods is different in Genesis and the Aeneid. In Genesis Rachel is actually sitting on the household gods, which must mean that her posterior (“but”, the body part) is actually touching them. This is so different from what had happened in the Aeneid, when Aeneas was taking the idols out of his home before escaping. He did not even want to touch them with his dirty hands and thus asked his father to take them. It seems to me that the value of the household gods changes as the type of faith changes. In the Aeneid where the gods means everything and rule everyone the household gods mean significantly more than in Genesis where there is one god and it is considered okay to sit on the household gods with the part of your body with excretes waist.Kamil Khanipovnoreply@blogger.com