Revisions of the Night: Politics and Promises in the Patriarchal Dreams of Genesis
An intriguing and subtle study of five Genesis dreams: Abimelech''s (20.1-18), Jacob''s (28.10-22; 31.10-13), Laban''s (31.24) and Abraham''s (15.1-21). Like many of their ancient Near Eastern counterparts, all occur at times of uncertainty, concern status, an...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
London
Bloomsbury Publishing
1999
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| In: | Year: 1999 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Lipton, Diana, Revisions of the Night: Politics and Promises in the Patriarchal Dreams of Genesis] (2000) (Hiebert, Robert J. V.)
SHORT NOTICES (2000) (Moberly, Walter, 1952 -) |
| Series/Journal: | The Library of Hebrew Bible / Old Testament Studies
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series 288 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Dreams in the Bible
B Electronic books B Bible ; O.T ; Genesis ; Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Revisions of the Night : Politics and Promises in the Patriarchal Dreams of Genesis: |
| Summary: | An intriguing and subtle study of five Genesis dreams: Abimelech''s (20.1-18), Jacob''s (28.10-22; 31.10-13), Laban''s (31.24) and Abraham''s (15.1-21). Like many of their ancient Near Eastern counterparts, all occur at times of uncertainty, concern status, and emphasize divine involvement in human affairs. At a deeper level, they also address doubts arising from God''s promise of land, descendants and a unique role for Israel among the nations. Their particular treatment of relations between Israelites and non-Israelites and of Israel''s absence from the land points to the Babylonian Exile as |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (251 p) |
| ISBN: | 1441120556 |