Abraham’s Purchase of Ephron’s Land in Anthropological Perspective
Despite considerable and illuminating work on the ancient Near Eastern legal background of the story of Abraham’s purchase of Ephron’s land in Genesis 23, several narrative peculiarities have not been satisfactorily explained. The theme of Sarah’s burial receives a curiously uneven treatment in the...
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| Language: | English |
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Brill
2013
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Biblical interpretation
Year: 2013, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 153-170 |
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Genesis 23
Abraham
Ephron
Bnei Heth
land tenure
burial rights
Max Gluckman
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