Abram to Abraham
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- "Abraham was but one man" (Eze 33:24) -- The Historical Era of the Abraham Narrative -- Sources, Redaction, and Cohesion -- The Interchangeability of God's Names in the Narrative -- The Abraham Cycle as a Cohesive Unit -- Redaction as...
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| Language: | English |
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Bern
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag d. Wissenschaften
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Grossman, Jonathan, 1970-, Abram to Abraham] (2019) (Greenberg, Tomer)
Abram to Abraham. A Literary Analysis of the Abraham Narrative (2018) (Wöhrle, Jakob, 1975 -) |
| Series/Journal: | Das Alte Testament im Dialog / An Outline of an Old Testament Dialogue
v.11 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Grossman, Jonathan: Abram to Abraham. - Bern : Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,c2016 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- "Abraham was but one man" (Eze 33:24) -- The Historical Era of the Abraham Narrative -- Sources, Redaction, and Cohesion -- The Interchangeability of God's Names in the Narrative -- The Abraham Cycle as a Cohesive Unit -- Redaction as Interpretation of the Text -- The Narrative and Artistic Structure of the Abraham Cycle -- The Context of the Narrative Cycle -- Family and Nationality -- The Abraham Cycle: Between "Nation" and "People" -- Citizen Will and Divine Will -- Nationalism and Morality -- Moral Nationalism and Post-Modern Nationalism -- Chapter 1: The Line of Terah (11:27-30) -- Terah's Journey to Canaan (11:31-32) -- Plot Development -- Literary Significance -- Chapter 2: Abram's Journey to Canaan (12:1-9) -- The Omitted Introduction -- Go Forth -- Abram's Journey -- Abram's Journey in Canaan and the Construction of Altars -- Chapter 3: The Descent to Egypt (12:10-20) -- Chapter 4: The Separation from Lot (Gen 13) -- The Quarreling Herdsmen -- Abram's Proposal -- Lot's Choice: Sodom, like the Garden of Eden, like the land of Egypt -- Chapter 5: War of the Four Kings - Lot's Liberation (14) -- Conquest of the Transjordan (1-7) -- Lot's Rescue (8-16) -- Abram Takes Action -- Abram Meets with the Kings (17-24) -- Chapter 6: Looking to the Stars and the Covenant between the Pieces (15) -- The Promise of Offspring -- The Covenant between the Pieces (7-21) -- Chapter 7: Hagar's Flight (16) -- "Her mistress was lowered in her esteem" - "Sarai treated her harshly" (1-7) -- "Then Sarai treated her harshly, and she ran away from her" -- The Meeting at the Spring (7-14) -- Naming Names (13-14) -- God Sees the Suffering of the Oppressed -- Conclusion (15-16) -- Chapter 8: The Covenant of Circumcision (17) -- a-a1. "Abraham was ninety-nine years old b-b1. The Beginning and End of the Revelation -- c-c1. Covenant and Fertility -- d-d1: Abram Throws Himself on His Face -- e-e1: The Name Change -- F - The Covenant Sign (9-14) -- Circumcision and the Rainbow as Covenant Signs -- Chapter 9: Angels Eat and Sarah Laughs (18:1-16) -- Abraham's Guests (1-5) -- Preparing the Feast (6-8) -- Tidings of Isaac's Birth (9-15) -- Sarah's Laughter -- Chapter 10: The Debate over Sodom's Destruction (18:16-33) -- "Judge of all the Earth" -- I Who Am but Dust and Ashes -- Chapter 11: Sodom's Destruction and Lot's Rescue (19) -- The Angels Arrive in Sodom (1-3) -- The Townspeople (4-9) -- The Verdict and Lot's Escape (12-17) -- Saving Zoar (18-22) -- The Destruction of the Cities (23-26) -- First Conclusion (27-28) -- Second Conclusion (19:29) -- Why was Lot Saved from Sodom? -- Lot's Liberation from Sodom and Israel's Deliverance from Egypt -- Lot's Liberation from Sodom and Rahab's Rescue from Jericho -- Chapter 12: Lot and his Daughters in the Cave (19:30-38) -- The Daughters -- The Reasoning of the Elder Daughter -- The Evaluation of Lot -- Lot's Daughters as an Epilogue to the Destruction of Sodom -- Lot's Daughters in the Context of the Abraham Cycle -- Evaluation of the Characters -- Chapter 13: Abraham and Sarah in Gerar (20) -- Abraham's Journey to Gerar (1) -- Abimelech Takes Sarah (2) -- The Dialogue between God and Abimelech (3-7) -- Early Next Morning (8) -- Abimelech and Abraham (9-13) -- Reconciliation (14-18) -- A Double Reading -- Chapter 14: The Birth of Isaac and Ishmael's Expulsion (21:1-21) -- Reactions to the Birth (6-8) -- The Expulsion of Ishmael (9-21) -- Sarah's Demand (9-10) -- Ishmael is Sent to his Future (11-14) -- Saving Ishmael (14-21) -- How Old is Ishmael? -- The Structure and Purpose of the Narrative -- Hagar's Flight (Gen 16) and Hagar's Expulsion (21) Chapter 15: The Treaty of Abraham and Abimelech (21:22-34) -- Chapter 16: The Binding of Isaac (22) -- Introduction I: Did Abraham Pass the Test? -- Introduction II: The Binding Narrative in Context -- Introduction III: The Land of Moriah -- Exposition (1) -- God's Command (1-2) -- Abraham's Implementation (3) -- First Dialogue: Abraham and the Servants (4-5) -- Second Dialogue: Abraham and Isaac (6-8) -- Abraham Binds Isaac and Picks up the Knife (9-10) -- The Angel's Revelation and the Sacrifice of the Ram (11-14) -- Misleading Conclusion -- God's Promise (15-18) -- Sacrifice of the Ram and the Structure of the Narrative -- Conclusion (19) -- Chapter 17: The Sons of Nahor (22:20-24) -- Conclusion -- Bibliography |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 3034320779 |