Language:
English
Year of publication:
2013
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
Angaben zur Quelle:
13 (2013) 27 pp.
Keywords:
Gideon
;
Abimelech
;
Jacob
;
Bible. Criticism, Redaction
;
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Transmission of texts
;
Shechem (Extinct city)
Abstract:
The Bible alludes to three different versions of the conquest/destruction of Shechem. The Jerubaal-Abimelech cycle, the conquest of Shechem by Jacob, and the Dinah story. The (later) Jacob story overtook the (earlier) Jerubaal story, a phenomenon I dub tradition cannibalism, as Jerubaal became identified with Gideon and shed his own story. When the idea of a conquering patriarch fell out of favor, the account reemerged as the Dinah story, with Simeon and Levi as the conquerors of Shechem.
Note:
Appeared also in the journal's print version "Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures" 10 (2017) 319-347.
DOI:
10.5508/jhs.2013.v13.a12
URL:
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