Research Catalog

Title

The epic of the patriarch : the Jacob cycle and the narrative traditions of Canaan and Israel / Ronald S. Hendel.

Author

Hendel, Ronald S.

Publication

Decatur, GA : Scholars Press, c1987.

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Details

Description

xiv, 194 p.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Harvard Semitic monographs ; 42

Uniform Title

Harvard Semitic monographs ; no. 42.

Alternative Title

Jacob cycle and the narrative traditions of Canaan and Israel

Subject

• Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Heroes in the Bible
• Jacob (Biblical patriarch)
• Narration in the Bible
• Ugaritic literature > Relation to the Old Testament

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Harvard University, 1985)
• Includes indexes.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 169-184.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

1555401848

LCCN

^^^87023409^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library