The World of Genesis: Persons, Places, PerspectivesPhilip R. Davies, David J. A. Clines Although it opens with an argument that the earth, and not humanity, is the real subject of Genesis 1-11, this collection of essays focuses first on female personalities in Genesis (Eve, Hagar, Rebeccah, Tamar and the four tribal matriarchs), then on male characters (Abraham, Ishmael, Pharaoh). The treatment ranges from historical-critical analysis, through discourse analysis and narrative, ideological and psychological analyses, to postmodern autobiographical exegesis. Among the many delights of this selection are the mingling of traditional and contemporary perspectives, especially the interplay of gender at the level of the biblical text and of the modern author-and perhaps also of the modern reader of this fascinating assortment of studies on tales of human ancestry. |
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... seems too prominent for such a conclusion ; both here and in ch . 21 Ishmael takes the edge off Isaac . In fact , argues Goldingay , Hagar and her son complicate the Abraham - Sarah - Isaac story very considerably . He also points to ...
... seems too prominent for such a conclusion ; both here and in ch . 21 Ishmael takes the edge off Isaac . In fact , argues Goldingay , Hagar and her son complicate the Abraham - Sarah - Isaac story very considerably . He also points to ...
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... seems to decree himself almost unnecessary ' . In short , he is ' determined ' in both senses , forcefully implementing the guidance of others . But the characterization is only completed , of course , by the reader , and the essay ...
... seems to decree himself almost unnecessary ' . In short , he is ' determined ' in both senses , forcefully implementing the guidance of others . But the characterization is only completed , of course , by the reader , and the essay ...
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... seems to make a distinction between the entire earth , 78 , and the cultivated or to - be - cultivated soil or ground , 8. After the description of the open- ing situation in 2.5 and 2.6 , the text no longer speaks of the entire earth ...
... seems to make a distinction between the entire earth , 78 , and the cultivated or to - be - cultivated soil or ground , 8. After the description of the open- ing situation in 2.5 and 2.6 , the text no longer speaks of the entire earth ...
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... seem to falsify the above - presented hypothesis about the earth - orientedness of God's actions . To start with the relationship between man and wom- an : the necessity of differentiating the undivided human being , made out of the ...
... seem to falsify the above - presented hypothesis about the earth - orientedness of God's actions . To start with the relationship between man and wom- an : the necessity of differentiating the undivided human being , made out of the ...
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... seems to be filled with ambi- guity : knowledge and procreation combined with pain , dominion com- bined with desire , as God's verdict to the woman in 3.16 shows : although the man will be the master of the woman , still her ( sexual ) ...
... seems to be filled with ambi- guity : knowledge and procreation combined with pain , dominion com- bined with desire , as God's verdict to the woman in 3.16 shows : although the man will be the master of the woman , still her ( sexual ) ...
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Page 86 - For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Page 75 - Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
Page 71 - Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
Page 86 - Nevertheless what saith the scripture ? " Cast out the bondwoman and her son : for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
Page 65 - But as then he that was born after the flesh, persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
Page 84 - Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Page 70 - Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon : therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife : and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister : that it may be well with me for thy sake ; and my soul shall live because of thee.
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Page 30 - See, I give you every seed-bearing plant that is upon all the earth, and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit; they shall be yours for food. And to all the animals on land, to all the birds of the sky, and to everything that creeps on earth, in which there is the breath of life, I give all the green plants for food.
Page 27 - And God said Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear . . . And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering together of the waters called he seas...