Abraham, Israel, and the nations : the patriarchal promise and its covenantal development in Genesis

Abraham, Israel, and the nations : the patriarchal promise and its covenantal development in Genesis /

The divine promises to Abraham have long been recognized as a key to the book of Genesis as a whole. But their variety, often noted, also raises literary and theological problems. Why do they differ each time, and how are they related to each other and to the story of Abraham? Williamson focuses on...

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Main Author: Williamson, Paul R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Sheffield : Sheffield Academic Press, 2000
Series:Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 315.
Subjects:
Bible. > Genesis > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Jews > Election, Doctrine of > Biblical teaching.
Universalism > Biblical teaching.
Covenant theology > Biblical teaching.
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505 0 |a Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Part I: INTRODUCTION; Introduction; Preliminary Remarks; Archaeology and Sennacherib; Two Centuries of Sennacherib Study: A Survey; Summary of Papers in this Volume; Part II: ARTICLES; Chronology: A Skeleton without Flesh? Sennacherib''s Campaign as a Case-Study; Malleability and its Limits: Sennacherib''s Campaign against Judah as a Case-Study; This Is What Happens ... ; Of Mice and Dead Men: Herodotus 2.141 and Sennacherib''s Campaign in 701 BCE; 701: Sennacherib at the Berezina. 
505 8 |a On the Problems of Reconstructing Pre-Hellenistic Israelite (Palestinian) HistorySennacherib''s Campaign of 701 BCE: The Assyrian View; Updating the Messages: Hezekiah''s Second Prophetic Story (2 Kings 19.9b-35) and the Community of Babylonian Deportees; Clio in a World of Pictures-Another Look at the Lachish Reliefs from Sennacherib''s Southwest Palace at Nineveh; Part III: CONCLUSIONS; Reflections on the Discussion; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. 
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