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The Ladder of Jacob : Ancient Interpretations of the Biblical Story of Jacob and His Children /

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 Levi, tricked the men of a nearby city into u...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Kugel, James L.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2006.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Jacob and the Bible's ancient interpreters
  • The ladder of Jacob
  • The rape of Dinah, and Simeon and Levi's revenge
  • Reuben's sin with Bilhah
  • How Levi came to be a priest
  • Judah and the trial of Tamar
  • A prayer about Jacob and Israel from the Dead Sea scrolls.