Language:
French
Year of publication:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
Etudes Théologiques et Religieuses
Angaben zur Quelle:
97,1 (2022) 1-21
Keywords:
Rachel
;
Laban
;
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Arameans Biblical teaching
;
Samaritans
Abstract:
Gen 31 relates the separation between the Arameans and the Israelites at the beginning of the history of Israel. Based on an old tradition of the relationship and kinship between Aram and Israël, the story of Gen 31,1-32,1 in its final state, develops the thematic of a religious rupture with Laban the Aramean, particularly through Rachel stealing the teraphim of her father. Thus, one of the main purposes of this text is to emphasise the contribution of the Jacob tradition for the exclusive worship of Yhwh. Therefore, the development of this story does appear to confirm the literary significance of the Samaritan community of Mount Gerizim to the composition of the Pentateuch in the Persian era, and to highlight the continuity of the religion of Yhwh on the northern territory of Israel in the postexilic times.
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