The forsaken first-born : a study of a recurrent motif in the patriarchal narratives /
This provocative book combines literary and historical methods to examine the phenomenon of the ''forsaken firstborn'' in Genesis. The dignity of the firstborn sons of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph-Ishmael, Esau, Reuben and Manasseh-is disregarded in the narrative and the righ...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Sheffield, England :
JSOT Press,
©1993.
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| Series: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;
133. |
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