Jerubaal, Jacob and the battle for Shechem: a tradition history
The Bible alludes to three different versions of the conquest/destruction of Shechem. The Jerubaal-Abimelech cycle, the conquest of Shechem by Jacob, and the Dinah story. The (later) Jacob story overtook the (earlier) Jerubaal story, a phenomenon I dub tradition cannibalism, as Jerubaal became ident...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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The National Library of Canada
2013
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The journal of Hebrew scriptures
Year: 2013, Volume: 13, Pages: 1-26 |
IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
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Summary: | The Bible alludes to three different versions of the conquest/destruction of Shechem. The Jerubaal-Abimelech cycle, the conquest of Shechem by Jacob, and the Dinah story. The (later) Jacob story overtook the (earlier) Jerubaal story, a phenomenon I dub tradition cannibalism, as Jerubaal became identified with Gideon and shed his own story. When the idea of a conquering patriarch fell out of favor, the account reemerged as the Dinah story, with Simeon and Levi as the conquerors of Shechem. |
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ISSN: | 1203-1542 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Hebrew scriptures
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5508/jhs.2013.v13.a12 |