Abraham’s Trials in Ancient and Medieval Jewish Writings
The article presents a brief overview of the Jewish rabbinical resources with regard to the Patriarch Abraham and his life, viewed as a series of trials. From the second century BCE, the Jewish authors were recognizing numerous events in Abraham’s life as ordeals, gradually more and more difficult a...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2021
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Verbum vitae
Year: 2021, Volume: 39, Issue: 4, Pages: 1357-1376 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Abraham, Biblical person
/ Rabbinic literature
/ Genesis rabbah
/ Book of Jubilees
/ Genesis
/ Pirke Aboth
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RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism |
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