عنوان

CHILDREN OF EXILE, ANCESTORS OF HOPE:

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TLpq303563768

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

CHILDREN OF EXILE, ANCESTORS OF HOPE:

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[Thesis]

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K. A. Kapsanis

Title Proper by Another Author

A LITERARY AND POST-EXILIC READING OF GENESIS 18: 16-22: 19

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Duquesne University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1987

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

138

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.A.

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Duquesne University

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1987

Text of Note

Genesis 18:16-22:19 raises an exegetical problem. It contains two statements of the Abrahamic promises--in the soliloquy of 18:17-19 and the oracle of 22:15-18--but with ethical provisos absent from other Abrahamic promises. The thesis addresses how the entire unit figures in the Abraham story. Following Clines, the thesis engages a method that considers the text's narrative art, post-exilic redactional context, and theological implications. Gen 18:17-19 and 22:15-18 belong to a chiasmus, spanning Gen 18:16-22:19 and bearing the pattern, a-b-c-d-e-d-c-b-a The chiasmus underscores Abraham's and Yahweh's increased knowledge of each other. The chiasmus also reflects Israel's sense that exile led Israel to a deeper knowledge of God. For Abraham and Israel, being chosen means being set apart and called to a higher responsibility before God and the other peoples of the earth. The presence of post-exilic themes in the Abraham story suggests that Scripture depicts exile and return as constitutive of Israel's life with God.

Bible

Philosophy, religion and theology

Theology

Theology

K. A. Kapsanis

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