Defining the Excluded Middle: The Case of Ishmael in Jubilees

This study explores the seemingly anomalous presentation of Ishmael in Jubilees. In a work in which an unbridgeable chasm separates Jewish and Gentile identities, the strikingly positive depiction of Abraham's natural firstborn is surprising. It is suggested that the genealogical considerations...

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Main Author: Francis, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2012
In: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2012, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Pages: 259-283
Further subjects:B Gentiles
B Covenant
B Ishmael
B Jubilees
B Conversion
B holy seed
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