To Your Seed I Will Give ...: The Land(s) Promised to Abraham in Genesis and Second Temple Judaism
The land promise to Abraham begins modestly near Shechem. In most sources, the promise crystallizes around the land of Canaan. However, Genesis’s own narrative shows the outward reverberations of Yahweh’s word to Abraham about landed inheritance. When one considers Second Temple Judaism, including t...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Penn State University Press
[2020]
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Bulletin for biblical research
Year: 2020, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-21 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Philo, Alexandrinus 25 BC-40
/ Abraham, Biblical person
/ Paul Apostle
/ Land
/ Promise
/ Temple (Jerusalem, Motiv)
/ Genesis
/ Sirach
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HC New Testament HD Early Judaism |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | The land promise to Abraham begins modestly near Shechem. In most sources, the promise crystallizes around the land of Canaan. However, Genesis’s own narrative shows the outward reverberations of Yahweh’s word to Abraham about landed inheritance. When one considers Second Temple Judaism, including the early Jesus movement, one finds other sources that expand the promise still further. In particular, Ben Sira, Jubilees, Philo, and Paul find in the promise to Abraham of landed inheritance a claim for this promise to encompass the whole world. |
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| ISSN: | 1065-223X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Bulletin for biblical research
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