The epic of the patriarch : : the Jacob cycle and the narrative traditions of Canaan and Israel / / Ronald S. Hendel.
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| Superior document: | Harvard Semitic monographs ; no. 42 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Atlanta, Ga. : : Scholar Press. c1987. |
| Year of Publication: | 1987 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Harvard Semitic Monographs
42. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 194 pages). |
| Notes: | Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Harvard University, 1985). |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: A history of interpretation
- Part II: The Jacob cycle and Canaanite epic
- 1. The forms of tradition
- The birth story
- Revelation at Bethel
- 2. Epic and cult
- Aqhat and Anat
- The deception of Isaac
- 3. A literary interlude
- Pughat and Rachel
- Part III: The Jacob cycle and Israelite epic
- 1. The hero and the other
- Encounter at Penuel
- Jacob and Esau
- 2. The life of the hero
- Jacob and Moses
- Conclusions.