L' itinerario geografico-teologico di Abramo. I: Da Ur alle Querce di Mamre (Gn 11,27-14,24)
The purpose of the article is to investigate whether the stories concerning the Abrahamic cycle have at the level of the final redactor(s) the meaning of a mere anthological collection or instead as have been proposed, a coherent theological sketch. In particular, we want to investigate whether the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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[2017]
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Liber annuus
Year: 2017, Volume: 67, Pages: 9-27 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. Genesis 14
B Geography B Bible. Genesis 13 B Abraham Biblical person B Bible. Genesis 11,27-14,24 B Bible. Genesis 12 B Bible. Genesis 11 |
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| Summary: | The purpose of the article is to investigate whether the stories concerning the Abrahamic cycle have at the level of the final redactor(s) the meaning of a mere anthological collection or instead as have been proposed, a coherent theological sketch. In particular, we want to investigate whether the patriarch's continuous geographical movements have a symbolic-theological value. In the first section of the Abrahamic cycle (Gen 11:27-14:24) there emerges a story of multiple displacements: from Ur of the Chaldeans to Harran (11:27-32); from Harran to the land of Canaan (12:1-9); from Canaan to Egypt (12:10-20); from Egypt back to Canaan, with a first fairly stable residence in Mamre, near Hebron (13:1-18). These journeys of Abraham do not simply represent the itinerary of a nomad, but in the editor's perspective, they have a rich symbolic-theological meaning: a difficult but decisive itinerary towards the land of God, a land that increasingly becomes the land of faith. This could constitute a significant interpellation to the exilic and post-exilic community which was also in search of a land of faith. |
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| ISSN: | 0081-8933 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (Jerusalem), Liber annuus
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.LA.4.2019002 |