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Abraham, Israel, and the nations : the patriarchal promise and its covenantal development in Genesis /
The divine promises to Abraham have long been recognized as a key to the book of Genesis as a whole. But their variety, often noted, also raises literary and theological problems. Why do they differ each time, and how are they related to each other and to the story of Abraham? Williamson focuses on...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sheffield :
Sheffield Academic Press,
©2000.
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| Colección: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;
315. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The divine promises to Abraham have long been recognized as a key to the book of Genesis as a whole. But their variety, often noted, also raises literary and theological problems. Why do they differ each time, and how are they related to each other and to the story of Abraham? Williamson focuses on the promises in Genesis 15 and 17, and concludes that they are concerned with two distinct but related issues. Genesis 15 guarantees God''s promise to make Abraham into a great nation, while Genesis 17 focuses chiefly on God''s promise to mediate blessing (through Abraham) to the nations. The two ch. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (309 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-292) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567477392 0567477398 9786611841652 6611841652 |