- Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 207 p.)
- Series Statement
- SUNY series in Judaica
- Uniform Title
- Ishmael on the border (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Ishmael on the border (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-199) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Ishmael and Esau : marginalized men of the Bible -- Ishmael in the Bible -- Esau in the Bible -- Ishmael in Tannaitic and Amoraic literature -- The Tannaitic sources -- The Amoraic sources -- The rabbis and their others -- The pairing of Ishmael and Esau in rabbinic literature -- Esau as real other -- Ishmael, the Ishmaelites, and the children of Keturah -- The Arab descendants of Ishmael-- Abraham's descendants and Israel's divine election -- The role of Christianity in the depiction of other -- Ishmael in later Midrashim -- The treatment of Ishmael in Pirke Rabbi Eliezer -- Abraham's visits in Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer -- Abraham's visits in Arabic sources -- Revisiting the visits -- The Ishmaelites in Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer.
- LCCN
- 2005018667
- OCLC
- ssj0000183995
- Author
Bakhos, Carol.
- Title
Ishmael on the border [electronic resource] : rabbinic portrayals of the first Arab / Carol Bakhos.
- Imprint
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.
- Series
SUNY series in Judaica
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-199) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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