A Place for Hagar's Son : Ishmael as a Case Study in the Priestly Tradition /

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The profound ambivalence of the biblical portrayals of Hagar and Ishmael--dispossessed, yet protected; abandoned, yet given promises that rival those of the covenant with Abraham--belies easy characterizations of the Pentateuch's writers. In particular, John T. Noble argues, conventional charac...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Noble, John T. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ishmael > (Biblical figure)
Bible. > Genesis > Criticism and interpretation.
Election (Theology)
E document (Biblical criticism)
J document (Biblical criticism)
P document (Biblical criticism)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Patterns of exodus in the Hagar and Ishmael traditions of J and E
  • 3. Particularity and ambiguity in the priestly Abrahamic covenant
  • 4. Covenant and context in P
  • 5. Ishmael, Ishmaelites, and biblical narrative
  • 6. Conclusion.

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