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Abraham & Family : new insights into the patriarchal narratives / edited by Hershel Shanks.
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TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Biblical Archaeology Society, c2000.Description: xvii, 181 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 23 cmISBN: - 1880317575 (pbk.)
- 9781880317570 (pbk.)
- Abraham and family
- BS573 .A36 2000
- BS573 .A36 2000
Contents:
The binding or sacrifice of Isaac: how Jews and Christians see differently / Robin M. Jensen -- Who's testing whom: was Abraham really ready to kill his son? / Lippman Bodoff -- Abraham and Yahweh: a case of male bonding / Philip R. Davies -- Abraham's eight crises: the bumpy road to fulfilling God's promise of an heir / Larry R. Helyer -- Bible versus Babel / Jacob Milgram -- The Baptism of Jesus: a story modeled on the binding of Isaac / William R. Stegner -- The stars in the heavens: many or a few? -- Hagar's expulsion: a tale twice-told in Genesis / Zefira Gitay -- Parallel lives: the trials and traumas of Isaac and Ishmael / Curt Leviant -- What did Sarah see? / Jonathan Kirsch -- Esau and Jacob / Elie Wiesel -- Jacob's wrestling match: was it an angel or Esau? / Jack Miles -- the patriarch Jacob: an "innocent man" / Carl D. Evans -- Deception for deception: who breaks the cycle? / Richard Elliott Friedman -- Jacob's terrible burden: in the shadow of the text / Gordon Tucker -- Rachel and Leah: sibling tragedy or the triumph of piety and compassion? / Samuel Dresner
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"Each [of the chapters in this book] was originally published in Bible Review "--Front matter.
Includes bibliographical references.
The binding or sacrifice of Isaac: how Jews and Christians see differently / Robin M. Jensen -- Who's testing whom: was Abraham really ready to kill his son? / Lippman Bodoff -- Abraham and Yahweh: a case of male bonding / Philip R. Davies -- Abraham's eight crises: the bumpy road to fulfilling God's promise of an heir / Larry R. Helyer -- Bible versus Babel / Jacob Milgram -- The Baptism of Jesus: a story modeled on the binding of Isaac / William R. Stegner -- The stars in the heavens: many or a few? -- Hagar's expulsion: a tale twice-told in Genesis / Zefira Gitay -- Parallel lives: the trials and traumas of Isaac and Ishmael / Curt Leviant -- What did Sarah see? / Jonathan Kirsch -- Esau and Jacob / Elie Wiesel -- Jacob's wrestling match: was it an angel or Esau? / Jack Miles -- the patriarch Jacob: an "innocent man" / Carl D. Evans -- Deception for deception: who breaks the cycle? / Richard Elliott Friedman -- Jacob's terrible burden: in the shadow of the text / Gordon Tucker -- Rachel and Leah: sibling tragedy or the triumph of piety and compassion? / Samuel Dresner
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