When History Repeats Itself: The Theological Significance of the Abrahamic Covenant in Early Jewish Writings
Alongside Mosaic discourse', Second Temple period authors increasingly looked to Abraham as a source of instruction and authority. This article focuses on the growing importance of the Abrahamic covenant through the lens of five re-tellings of Israel's history that link the past with the...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2017]
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Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Année: 2017, Volume: 27, Numéro: 2, Pages: 113-142 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Bibel. Genesis 12,1-9
/ Bibel. Genesis 15,1-21
/ Bibel. Genesis 17
/ Alliance
/ Abraham, Personnage biblique
/ Damaskusschrift (Manuscrits de la Mer Morte)
/ Henochbücher
/ Esra 4.
/ Zehnwochenapokalypse
/ Bibel. Nehemia 8
/ Peuple élu
/ Mose, Personnage biblique
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| Classifications IxTheo: | BH Judaïsme HA Bible HB Ancien Testament HD Judaïsme ancien |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
1 Enoch
B Abraham B COVENANTS (Jewish theology) B Discourse B Jewish literature B Galatians B Covenant B APOCALYPSE of Weeks (Book) B Damascus Document |
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| Résumé: | Alongside Mosaic discourse', Second Temple period authors increasingly looked to Abraham as a source of instruction and authority. This article focuses on the growing importance of the Abrahamic covenant through the lens of five re-tellings of Israel's history that link the past with the present: the Damascus Document, the Apocalypse of Weeks, 4 Ezra, Nehemiah 9, and Galatians. This article argues that various authors placed themselves within a historical narrative that spotlighted the Abrahamic covenant in order to identify themselves as the elect and demarcate the boundaries separating them from the non-elect. The ideological orientation of each text can account for why the Abrahamic covenant, rather than the later Mosaic pact, became the basis for identity politics. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5286 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0309089217746847 |
