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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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2006.
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| 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.


