The Aqedah as ‘template’?: Genesis 22 and 1 Kings 17-18
The story of Abraham’s willingness to give up his beloved son (Gen. 22) is a highly productive text – that is, it has triggered subsequent literary activity and played a significant role in the composition and shaping of other texts. In this essay, I want to first explore the possibility that 1 Kgs...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2021
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2021, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 161-176 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Könige 1. 17-18
/ Bible. Genesis 22
/ Aqidah
/ Model
/ Allusion
/ Spring
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
1 Kings 17–18
B Aqedah B Genesis 22 B Allusion B Elijah |
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| Summary: | The story of Abraham’s willingness to give up his beloved son (Gen. 22) is a highly productive text – that is, it has triggered subsequent literary activity and played a significant role in the composition and shaping of other texts. In this essay, I want to first explore the possibility that 1 Kgs 17–18 is yet another text in which an author has alluded to Gen. 22 and then to reflect on the use of Gen. 22 as a source for narratives composed on analogies to it. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/03090892211013837 |