Hagar
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Hagar the Egyptian
in the texts
Stromata
Egyptian handmaid of Sarah, allegorized by Clement (via Philo) as worldly education.
Philo interprets Hagar as "sojourning" (for here it is said:
Bearing no child, Sarah entrusts to Abraham, for the bearing of children, her own handmaid, Hagar the Egyptian by name.
For this reason Abraham too, when Sarah was jealous of Hagar for outshining her — choosing, as it were, only the useful part of worldly philosophy — said, "Behold, the handmaid is in your hands;
Law in a Free State
Biblical figure (Abraham's bondwoman) invoked as a symbol of a woman's dependent, propertyless status under marriage law.
The truth is, Married Women's Property Acts may be passed one after the other, but until woman has the full control of her belongings, both before and after marriage, her name will still be Hagar.