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The Ladder of Jacob : Ancient Interpretations of the Biblical Story of Jacob and His Children /
Rife with incest, adultery, rape, and murder, the biblical story of Jacob and his children must have troubled ancient readers. By any standard, this was a family with problems. Jacob's oldest son Reuben is said to have slept with his father's concubine Bilhah. The next two sons, Simeon and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2009]
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| Edición: | Course Book |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Chapter One. Jacob and the Bible's Ancient Interpreters
- Chapter Two. The Ladder of Jacob
- Chapter Three. The Rape of Dinah, and Simeon and Levi's Revenge
- Chapter Four. Reuben's Sin with Bilhah
- Chapter Five. How Levi Came to Be a Priest
- Chapter Six. Judah and the Trial of Tamar
- Chapter Seven. A Prayer about Jacob and Israel from the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Notes
- Subject Index
- Hebrew Bible Index
- Index of Motifs Studied