Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Period
Angaben zur Quelle:
50,2 (2019) 178-196
Keywords:
Abraham
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Abraham In post-biblical literature
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Abraham In rabbinical literature
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Josephus, Flavius
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Jerome,
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Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
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History
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Dead Sea scrolls. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Dead Sea scrolls. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Midrash rabbah. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Harran (Turkey)
Abstract:
This paper examines how the chronological contradiction in Abraham's departure from Haran (Gen 11:26, 32; 12:4) has been explained in the history of biblical interpretation, especially in rewritten Scripture from Qumran (4Q252 and Jubilees), Josephus, and rabbinic literature (Genesis Rabbah), including the lost Jewish tradition preserved by Jerome. According to Ben Zion Wacholder, who dealt with a different case of chronology in Genesis, the rabbinic and the Qumranic views are too different to be reconcilable, whereas the Graeco-Jewish writers and Qumran literature present similar views. This study, however, demonstrates that rabbinic interpretation of Abraham's departure share some important ideas both with Qumran literature and Josephus.
DOI:
10.1163/15700631-12521249
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