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Going up and going down : a key to interpreting Jacob's dream (Gen. 28:10-22) /

In Going Up and Going Down Yitzhak Peleg argues that the story of Jacob's dream (Genesis 28.10-22), functions as a mise en abyme ('as a figure, trope or structure that somehow reflects in compact form, in miniature, the larger structure in which it appears', Greenstein). Close examina...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peleg, Itzik (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2015.
Colección:Library of New Testament studies ; 609.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1
  • PREFACE TO THE STORY OF JACOB'S DREAM: JACOB'S DREAM AS A MISE EN ABYME; 1. Dream Descriptions in the Bible and in the Ancient Near East; 2. Research Methods and Methodology; 3. A Survey of the Research on Jacob' Dream: The Bible Story in General and the Story of Jacob's Dream in Particular; Appendix: The Jacob's Dream Story (Genesis 28:10-22) According to Its "Sources"; Chapter 2
  • THE STORY OF JACOB'S DREAM AT BETHEL: GENESIS 28:10-22; 1. Structure and Significance of the Jacob's Dream Story
  • 2. The Dream Vision as Mise en Abyme of the Jacob's Dream Story3. The Vision in the Dream (Realistic and Symbolic Readings); 4. Two Readings of Jacob's Dream-A Tentative Conclusion; 5. The Vow as a Contribution to Understanding and Interpreting Jacob's Dream; Chapter 3
  • THE JACOB'S DREAM STORY AS MISE EN ABYME OF THE JACOB STORY CYCLE; 1. Subject and Boundaries; 2. Defining "Jacob Story Cycle" Boundaries and Place in the Discussion; 3. Mise en Abyme in the Bible and in Ancient Near Eastern Literature
  • 4. The Dream Vision as Mise en Abyme of Entering and Leaving the Land in the Jacob Story Cycle5. Jacob's Dream as Mise en Abyme for the Patriarchal Narrative; 6. The Departures and Returns of the Patriarch According to the W-Shaped Model; 7. Conclusion: The Vision in Jacob's Dream as Mise en Abyme of the M-Shaped Model; Chapter 4
  • CONCLUSION AND DEPARTURE POINT: "THE GATE OF HEAVEN" JOURNEYS FROM BABYLON TO BETHEL AND TO JERUSALEM CYCLE; 1. Two Readings of Jacob's Dream Summed Up: Concentrated Data on "Going Up and Going Down-A Key to Interpreting Jacob's Dream" (Genesis 28:10-22)
  • 2. The Mise en Abyme as a Miniature Reflection3. Jacob's Dream Is a Theophany and a Symbolic Dream; 4. Support for the Symbolic View of Jacob's Dream; 5. The Jacob's Dream Story as Mise en Abymeof Patriarchal Journeys; 6. The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) and Jacob's Sullam; 7. In Conclusion: The Gate of Heaven in Jerusalem-A Departure Point for Further Research; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors