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Abraham & Family : new insights into the patriarchal narratives / edited by Hershel Shanks.

Contributor(s): Shanks, Hershel
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Biblical Archaeology Society, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Description: xvii, 181 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1880317575; 9781880317570Other title: Abraham and familySubject(s): Patriarchs (Bible) | Bible. Genesis -- Criticism, interpretation, etcDDC classification: 222/.1106 LOC classification: BS573 | .A36 2000Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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.

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.

"Each [of the chapters in this book] was originally published in Bible Review "--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references.

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