ISBN:
0791467597
,
9780791467602
,
9780791467596
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 207 S
Year of publication:
2006
Series Statement:
SUNY series in Judaica
DDC:
296.1/2083058927
Keywords:
Ishmael
;
Esau
;
Ishmael In rabbinical literature
;
Esau In rabbinical literature
;
Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
Arabs in the Bible
;
Araber
;
Bibel Altes Testament
;
Ismael Biblische Person
;
Esau Biblische Person
;
Ismael Biblische Person
;
Rezeption
;
Rabbinische Literatur
Abstract:
Ishmael and Esau : marginalized men of the Bible -- Ishmael in the Bible -- Esau in the Bible -- Ishmael in Tannaitic and Amoraic literature -- The Tannaitic sources -- The Amoraic sources -- The rabbis and their others -- The pairing of Ishmael and Esau in rabbinic literature -- Esau as real other -- Ishmael, the Ishmaelites, and the children of Keturah -- The Arab descendants of Ishmael-- Abraham's descendants and Israel's divine election -- The role of Christianity in the depiction of other -- Ishmael in later Midrashim -- The treatment of Ishmael in Pirke Rabbi Eliezer -- Abraham's visits in Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer -- Abraham's visits in Arabic sources -- Revisiting the visits -- The Ishmaelites in Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer
Description / Table of Contents:
Ishmael and Esau : marginalized men of the Bible -- Ishmael in the Bible -- Esau in the Bible -- Ishmael in Tannaitic and Amoraic literature -- The Tannaitic sources -- The Amoraic sources -- The rabbis and their others -- The pairing of Ishmael and Esau in rabbinic literature -- Esau as real other -- Ishmael, the Ishmaelites, and the children of Keturah -- The Arab descendants of Ishmael-- Abraham's descendants and Israel's divine election -- The role of Christianity in the depiction of other -- Ishmael in later Midrashim -- The treatment of Ishmael in Pirke Rabbi Eliezer -- Abraham's visits in Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer -- Abraham's visits in Arabic sources -- Revisiting the visits -- The Ishmaelites in Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-199) and index
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