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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主要作者: Mermelstein, Ari 1971- (Author)
格式: 电子 文件
语言:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
出版: [2017]
In: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2017, 卷: 27, 发布: 2, Pages: 113-142
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bibel. Genesis 12,1-9 / Bibel. Genesis 15,1-21 / Bibel. Genesis 17 / 神圣之约 / Abraham, 圣经人物 / Damaskusschrift (Qumrantexte) / Henochbücher / Esra 4. / Zehnwochenapokalypse / Bibel. Nehemia 8 / 选民 / Mose, 圣经人物
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
HA Bible
HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
Further subjects: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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总结: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.
ISSN:1745-5286
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0309089217746847