The Reception and Remembrance of Abraham

Published by Gorgias Press 2011

The Reception and Remembrance of Abraham

Edited by: Pernille Carstens and Niels Peter Lemche
With contributions by: Philip Davies , Beate Ego , Klaus Baltzer , Thomas Römer , Ehud Ben Zvi , Thomas Thompson and Michael Perlt

In the series Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts

https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463221690

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This book explores the role of the biblical patriarch Abraham in the formation and use of authoritative texts in the Persian and Hellenistic periods. It reflects a conference session in 2009 focusing on Abraham as a figure of cultural memory in the literature of these periods. Cultural memory is the shared reproduction and recalling of what has been learned and retained. It also involves transformation and innovation. As a figure of memory, stories of Abraham served as guidelines for identity-formation and authoritative illustration of behaviour for the emerging Jewish communities.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
TABLE OF CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	V
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
ABBREVIATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
INTRODUCTION Pernille Carstens and Niels Peter Lemche Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
From Moses to Abraham: Jewish Identities in the Second Temple Period Philip R. Davies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM IN LATE PERSIAN/EARLY HELLENISTIC PERIOD YEHUD Ehud Ben Zvi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
REMEMBERING ABRAHAM IN PSEUDO-PHILO’S LIBER ANTIQUITATUM BIBLICARUM Beate Ego Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
ABRAHAM IN THE PATRIARCHAL TEXTS OF THE BOOK OF GENESIS AND THE RECEPTION OF THIS TRADITION IN THE BOOK OF ISAIAH Klaus Baltzer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
ABRAHAM AND THE ‘LAW AND THE PROPHETS’ Thomas Römer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
MEMORIES OF RETURN AND THE HISTORICITY OF THE ‘POST-EXILIC’ PERIOD Thomas L. Thompson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
INDEX OF AUTHORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Index of Biblical References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135

Language: English
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Pages
- Main content: 160

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Published: August 4, 2011
ISBN: 9781463221690