The Politics of the Ancestors: Exegetical and Historical Perspectives on Genesis 12-36 (Forschungen Zum Alten Testament)

(Scanned). The ancestral narratives of Genesis have a decidedly political character. The narrative presentations of ancestors and their kin reflect the relationships of the later people of Israel to their neighboring peoples. In light of the findings of recent Pentateuch research, this volume addresses important aspects of the political meaning of these narratives. The collection of nineteen contributions from internationally renowned experts explores, for example, the political intention of various narrative units or literary layers. The political significance of the ancestresses is also discussed, and the political receptions of ancestral narratives in early Jewish literature and in Islam traced.Contributors:Yairah Amit, Mark G. Brett, George J. Brooke, Beate Ego, Reuven Firestone, Irmtraud Fischer, Christian Frevel, Ronald Hendel, Reinhard G. Kratz, Matthias Köckert, Oded Lipschits, Christophe Nihan, Thomas Römer, Jacques T.A.G.M. van Ruiten, Konrad Schmid, Sarah Shectman, Omer Sergi, Megan Warner, Jakob Wöhrle Die Erzelternerzählungen der Genesis haben einen ausgesprochen politischen Charakter. Von den Erzeltern und deren Verwandten her reflektieren die Erzelternerzählungen das Verhältnis des späteren Volkes Israel zu dessen benachbarten Völkern. Vor dem Hintergrund der Erkenntnisse der neueren Pentateuchforschung behandelt der vorliegende Band wichtige Aspekte der politischen Interpretation der Erzelternerzählungen. Die 19 von international renommierten Expertinnen und Experten verfassten Beiträge fragen etwa nach der politischen Intention verschiedener Teilerzählungen oder literarischer Schichten. Behandelt wird auch die politische Bedeutung der Ahnfrauen. Zudem wird der politischen Rezeption der Erzelternerzählungen in der frühjüdischen Literatur sowie im Islam nachgegangen.InhaltsübersichtMark G. Brett/ Jakob Wöhrle: Introduction - Ronald Hendel: Politics and Poetics in the Ancestral Narratives - Reinhard G. Kratz: Die Verheißungen an die Erzväter. Die Konstruktion ethnischer Identität Israels - Megan Warner: What if They're Foreign? Inner-Legal Exegesis in the Ancestral Narratives - Konrad Schmid: Die Priesterschrift als antike Historiographie. Quellen und Darstellungsweise der politischen und religiösen Geschichte der Levante in den priesterschriftlichen Erzelternerzählungen - Mark G. Brett: YHWH among the Nations. The Politics of Divine Names in Genesis 15 and 24 - Yairah Amit: The Place of Exile in the Ancestorsʼ Narratives and in their Framework - Sarah Shectman: Israel's Matriarchs: Political Pawns or Powerbrokers? - Irmtraud Fischer: Rahel und Lea bauten ganz Israel auf - Rebekka ermöglichte eine gemeinsame Identität - Oded Lipschits: Abraham zwischen Mamre und Jerusalem - Thomas Römer: Die politische Funktion der vorpriesterlichen Abrahamtexte - Matthias Köckert: Hagar und Ismael. Politische Aspekte im Wandel der Überlieferungen - Christophe Nihan: Abraham Traditions and Cult Politics in the Persian Period. Moriyyāh and Šalēm in Genesis - Omer Sergi: Jacob and the Aramaean Identity of Ancient Israel between the Judges and the Prophets - Jakob Wöhrle: Koexistenz durch Unterwerfung. Zur Entstehung und politischen Intention der vorpriesterlichen Jakoberzählung - Christian Frevel: »Esau, der Vater Edoms« (Gen 36,9.43). Ein Vergleich der Edom-Überlieferungen in Genesis und Numeri vor dem Hintergrund der historischen Entwicklung - Jacques T.A.G.M. van Ruiten: The Reception of the Abraham Narrative in the Book of Jubilees - Beate Ego: »Nimm dir eine Frau aus dem Geschlecht deiner Väter« (Tob 4,12). Die Rezeption der Erzelternerzählung im Tobitbuch - George J. Brooke: The Politics of the Patriarchs in the Dead Sea Scrolls - Reuven Firestone: The »Other« Ishmael in Islamic Scripture and Tradition The ancestral narratives of Genesis have a decidedly political character. The narrative presentations of ancestors and their kin reflect the relationships of the later people of Israel with their neighboring peoples. In light of the findings of recent Pentateuch research, this volume addresses important aspects of the political meaning of these narratives. The collection of nineteen contributions from internationally renowned experts explores, for example, the political intention of various narrative units or literary layers. The political significance of the ancestresses is also discussed, and the political receptions of ancestral narratives in early Jewish literature and in Islam traced.Survey of contentsMark G. Brett/ Jakob Wöhrle: Introduction - Ronald Hendel: Politics and Poetics in the Ancestral Narratives - Reinhard G. Kratz: Die Verheißungen an die Erzväter. Die Konstruktion ethnischer Identität Israels - Megan Warner: What if They're Foreign? Inner-Legal Exegesis in the Ancestral Narratives - Konrad Schmid: Die Priesterschrift als antike Historiographie. Quellen und Darstellungsweise der politischen und religiösen Geschichte der Levante in den priesterschriftlichen Erzelternerzählungen - Mark G. Brett: YHWH among the Nations. The Politics of Divine Names in Genesis 15 and 24 - Yairah Amit: The Place of Exile in the Ancestorsʼ Narratives and in their Framework - Sarah Shectman: Israel's Matriarchs: Political Pawns or Powerbrokers? - Irmtraud Fischer: Rahel und Lea bauten ganz Israel auf - Rebekka ermöglichte eine gemeinsame Identität - Oded Lipschits: Abraham zwischen Mamre und Jerusalem - Thomas Römer: Die politische Funktion der vorpriesterlichen Abrahamtexte - Matthias Köckert: Hagar und Ismael. Politische Aspekte im Wandel der Überlieferungen - Christophe Nihan: Abraham Traditions and Cult Politics in the Persian Period. Moriyyāh and Šalēm in Genesis - Omer Sergi: Jacob and the Aramaean Identity of Ancient Israel between the Judges and the Prophets - Jakob Wöhrle: Koexistenz durch Unterwerfung. Zur Entstehung und politischen Intention der vorpriesterlichen Jakoberzählung - Christian Frevel: »Esau, der Vater Edoms« (Gen 36,9.43). Ein Vergleich der Edom-Überlieferungen in Genesis und Numeri vor dem Hintergrund der historischen Entwicklung - Jacques T.A.G.M. van Ruiten: The Reception of the Abraham Narrative in the Book of Jubilees - Beate Ego: »Nimm dir eine Frau aus dem Geschlecht deiner Väter« (Tob 4,12). Die Rezeption der Erzelternerzählung im Tobitbuch - George J. Brooke: The Politics of the Patriarchs in the Dead Sea Scrolls - Reuven Firestone: The »Other« Ishmael in Islamic Scripture and Tradition Cover Titel Preface Contents Mark G. Brett / Jakob Wöhrle: Introduction Part I – Political Threads in the Ancestral Narratives Ronald Hendel: Politics and Poetics in the Ancestral Narratives Reinhard G. Kratz: Die Verheißungen an die Erzväter: Die Konstruktion ethnischer Identität Israels Megan Warner: What if They’re Foreign? Inner-Legal Exegesis in the Ancestral Narratives Konrad Schmid: Die Priesterschrift als antike Historiographie: Quellen und Darstellungsweise der politischen und religiösen Geschichte der Levante in den priesterschriftlichen Erzelternerzählungen Mark G. Brett: YHWH among the Nations: The Politics of Divine Names in Genesis 15 and 24 Yairah Amit: The Place of Exile in the Ancestors' Narratives and in their Framework Part II – The Politics of the Matriarchs Sarah Shectman: Israel’s Matriarchs: Political Pawns or Powerbrokers? Irmtraud Fischer: Rahel und Lea bauten ganz Israel auf – Rebekka ermöglichte eine gemeinsame Identität Part III – The Politics of the Abraham and the Jacob Narrative Oded Lipschits: Abraham zwischen Mamre und Jerusalem Thomas Römer: Die politische Funktion der vorpriesterlichen Abrahamtexte Matthias Köckert: Hagar und Ismael: Politische Aspekte im Wandel der Überlieferungen Christophe Nihan: Abraham Traditions and Cult Politics in the Persian Period: Moriyyah and Šalem in Genesis Omer Sergi: Jacob and the Aramaean Identity of Ancient Israel between the Judges and the Prophets Jakob Wöhrle: Koexistenz durch Unterwerfung: Zur Entstehung und politischen Intention der vorpriesterlichen Jakoberzählung Christian Frevel: „Esau, der Vater Edoms“ (Gen 36,9.43): Ein Vergleich der Edom-Überlieferungen in Genesis und Numeri vor dem Hintergrund der historischen Entwicklung Part IV – The Political Reception of the Ancestral Narratives Jacques T.A.G.M. van Ruiten: The Reception of the Abraham Narrative in the Book of Jubilees Beate Ego: „Nimm dir eine Frau aus dem Geschlecht deiner Väter“ (Tob 4,12): Die Rezeption der Erzelternerzählung im Tobitbuch George J. Brooke: The Politics of the Patriarchs in the Dead Sea Scrolls Reuven Firestone: The “Other” Ishmael in Islamic Scripture and Tradition Contributors Ancient Sources Index Author Index The ancestral narratives of Genesis have a decidedly political character. The narrative presentations of ancestors and their kin reflect the relationships of the later people of Israel to their neighboring peoples. In light of the findings of recent Pentateuch research, this volume addresses important aspects of the political meaning of these narratives. The collection of nineteen contributions from internationally renowned experts explores, for example, the political intention of various narrative units or literary layers. The political significance of the ancestresses is also discussed, and the political receptions of ancestral narratives in early Jewish literature and in Islam traced. Contributors:Yairah Amit, Mark G. Brett, George J. Brooke, Beate Ego, Reuven Firestone, Irmtraud Fischer, Christian Frevel, Ronald Hendel, Reinhard G. Kratz, Matthias Köckert, Oded Lipschits, Christophe Nihan, Thomas Römer, Jacques T.A.G.M. van Ruiten, Konrad Schmid, Sarah Shectman, Omer Sergi, Megan Warner, Jakob Wöhrle The ancestral narratives of Genesis have a decidedly political character. The narrative presentations of ancestors and their kin reflect the relationships of the later people of Israel to their neighboring peoples. In light of the findings of recent Pentateuch research, this volume addresses important aspects of the political meaning of these narratives. The collection of nineteen contributions from internationally renowned experts explores, for example, the political intention of various narrative units or literary layers. The political significance of the ancestresses is also discussed, and the political receptions of ancestral narratives in early Jewish literature and in Islam traced.Contributors: Yairah Amit, Mark G. Brett, George J. Brooke, Beate Ego, Reuven Firestone, Irmtraud Fischer, Christian Frevel, Ronald Hendel, Reinhard G. Kratz, Matthias Köckert, Oded Lipschits, Christophe Nihan, Thomas Römer, Jacques T.A.G.M. van Ruiten, Konrad Schmid, Sarah Shectman, Omer Sergi, Megan Warner, Jakob Wöhrle Book jacket front flap: The ancestral narratives of Genesis have a decidedly political character. The narrative presentations of ancestors and their kin reflect the relationships of the later people of Israel with their neighboring peoples. In light of the findings of recent Pentateuch research, this volume addresses important aspects of the political meaning of these narratives. The collection of nineteen contributions from internationally renowned experts explores, for example, the political intention of various narrative units or literary layers. The political significance of the ancestresses is also discussed, and the political receptions of ancestral narratives in early Jewish literature and in Islam traced