"The Canaanites were then in the Land" and Other Shechemite Ironies
The Hexateuchal narrative arc begins with Abram’s encounter with Yhwh in Shechem in Gen 12:6-7 and ends with Joshua’s covenant at the same place in Josh 24:25-26. These "bookends" make mention of a particular tree in Shechem, which also features in Gen 35:1-4. The inherited Priestly tradit...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2023
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Harvard theological review
Year: 2023, Volume: 116, Issue: 2, Pages: 173-189 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Hexateuch
/ Bible. Genesis 12,1-10
/ Patriarchs (Bible)
/ Name of God
/ Jahwe
/ El
/ Land grabbing
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
Hexateuchal redaction
B Indigenous B Shechem B Conquest B Migration B El B Kinship |
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| Summary: | The Hexateuchal narrative arc begins with Abram’s encounter with Yhwh in Shechem in Gen 12:6-7 and ends with Joshua’s covenant at the same place in Josh 24:25-26. These "bookends" make mention of a particular tree in Shechem, which also features in Gen 35:1-4. The inherited Priestly tradition claimed that none of the ancestors in Genesis knew the name Yhwh, but the Hexateuchal editors of the Persian period insist that both El and Yhwh were known in Shechem and Bethel. In effect, these editors defend northern Yahwism against its southern detractors, and resist any supersessionist proposal that would turn the ancestral memories of the Samarian province into mere history. Israel was born in the house of El, and the ancestors of Israel, who came from beyond the riverine borders of the Euphrates and the Nile, had no clear understanding of Yhwh until they set foot in Canaanite country. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S001781602300010X |