Back to the Future: Reading the Abraham Narratives as Prequel


This paper proposes envisaging the ancestral narratives (with a special focus on the Abraham cycle) as Persian period ‘prequel’ as a fruitful approach to exploring relationship between Genesis and the Moses and monarchic traditions. The literary capacity of a prequel to influence and alter its audi...

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Published in:Biblical interpretation
Subtitles:The Futures of Biblical Studies
Main Author: Warner, Megan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Biblical interpretation
Year: 2017, Volume: 25, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 479-496
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Genesis ancestral narratives Abraham prequel Enneateuch Persian period

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