When History Repeats Itself: The Theological Significance of the Abrahamic Covenant in Early Jewish Writings

Alongside ‘Mosaic discourse', Second Temple period authors increasingly looked to Abraham as a source of instruction and authority. This article focuses on the growing importance of the Abrahamic covenant through the lens of five re-tellings of Israel's history that link the past with the...

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Main Author: Mermelstein, Ari 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2017]
In: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2017, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 113-142
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Genesis 12,1-9 / Bible. Genesis 15,1-21 / Bible. Genesis 17 / Divine covenant / Abraham, Biblical person / Damaskusschrift (Qumran Scrolls) / Enoch / Ezra 4. / Zehnwochenapokalypse / Bible. Nehemia 8 / Israel / Moses
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
HA Bible
HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
Further subjects:B 1 Enoch
B Abraham
B COVENANTS (Jewish theology)
B Discourse
B Jewish literature
B Galatians
B Covenant
B APOCALYPSE of Weeks (Book)
B Damascus Document
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