Abraham, our father, the father of all: A perspective from ancient Korean history

This study explicates the function of the Abraham narrative in its current position ahead of Jacob in Genesis by means of a comparison with the Period of the Three Kingdoms in ancient Korean history. After establishing the similarity between the two settings, I demonstrate how ancient Korean monarch...

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Auteur principal: Hong, K. P. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Sage [2019]
Dans: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Année: 2019, Volume: 43, Numéro: 3, Pages: 371-384
Sujets non-standardisés:B Abraham
B Israel and Judah
B The Period of the Three Kingdoms
B Genesis
B Korean history
B Patriarchal Narrative
B biblical Israel
B Jacob
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Résumé:This study explicates the function of the Abraham narrative in its current position ahead of Jacob in Genesis by means of a comparison with the Period of the Three Kingdoms in ancient Korean history. After establishing the similarity between the two settings, I demonstrate how ancient Korean monarchic history sheds light on the specific function of the Abraham narrative in providing a narrative space in which Judeans found and expressed their new identity after the fall of northern Israel.
ISSN:1476-6728
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0309089217734731