Isaac multiplex: Genesis 22 in a new historical representation
In this paper, a new interpretation of the Genesis 22:1-19 account is offered. Based on the new view of biblical historiography as anecdotal (Frykenberg), and drawing on the author's own recent studies on the historical problems related to, and historically-sensitive narratological interpretati...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2008
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| In: |
HTS
Year: 2008, Volume: 64, Issue: 2, Pages: 907-919 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Genesis
/ Tradition-historical research
B Old Testament / Tradition-historical research |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Genesis
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | In this paper, a new interpretation of the Genesis 22:1-19 account is offered. Based on the new view of biblical historiography as anecdotal (Frykenberg), and drawing on the author's own recent studies on the historical problems related to, and historically-sensitive narratological interpretative possibilities of, this Genesis text, a new meaning and a new dating for Genesis 22:1-19 are concluded to. This text, namely, reflects the end of a struggle for dominance between the different tradents of the patriarchal traditions, in which the Abraham tradents finally subjugate, with this Genesis 22*-text, the Isaac tradents. This occurs late in the compositional history of the Pentateuch, namely between 400 and 250 BCE. |
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| ISSN: | 0259-9422 |
| Contains: | In: HTS
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