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