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In Re-Imagining Abraham: A Re-Assessment of the Influence of Deuteronomism in Genesis Megan Warner revisits the tradition that Genesis was edited by editors sympathetic to the theology of the Deuteronomist. On the basis of close, contextual readings of the four passages most commonly attributed to (semi-)Deuteronomistic hands, Warner argues that editorial use of Deuteronomistic language and themes points not to a sympathy with Deuteronomistic theology but rather to a sustained project to review and even subvert that theology. Warner’s ‘re-imagining’ of Abraham demonstrates how Israel’s forebear was ‘re-imagined’ in the post-exilic context for the purpose of offering the returning exiles a way forward at a time when all the old certainties, and even continued relationship with Yahweh, seemed lost.

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Author:   Megan Warner
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   72
Weight:   0.568kg
ISBN:  

9789004355835

ISBN 10:   9004355839
Pages:   14
Publication Date:   26 October 2017
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Mark G. Brett Acknowledgements List of Tables 1 The Deuteronomist in Genesis? A Brief Overview of the History of Proposals concerning Deuteronom(ist)ic Editing in Genesis Outline of the Present Study The Four Passages as Additional to Their Context The Four Passages as Deuteronom(ist)ic The Characterization of Text as Post-Deuteronomistic/Post-Priestly Structure of the Book 2 Land, People and Torah Gen 26:1-11 The Ancestress in Danger - Again Gen 26:12-22 'Now Yahweh has Made Room for Us and We Shall be Fruitful in the Land' Gen 26:23-25 From There He Went Up to Beersheba Gen 26:26-33 Abimelech and Isaac Exchange Oaths Gen 26:34-35 And They Caused Bitterness of Spirit for Isaac and Rebekah Gen 26:3-5 The Late Addition Reading Gen 26:3-5 in the Context of Genesis 26 Final Observations 3 The Heir in Danger Genesis 20 Ironies, Half-Truths and Flawed Assumptions Gen 21:1-7 The Birth of Isaac Gen 21:8-12 The Expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael Gen 21:22-34 Abimelech and Abraham Exchange Oaths Gen 22:1-14 The Binding of Isaac Gen 22:15-18 The Late Addition Gen 22:19 So Abraham Returned to His Young Men ... Reading in Context Final Observations 4 Righteousness and Justice Gen 18:1-16 The Visitors Gen 18:17-19 The Additional Passage Gen 18:20-22 'I Must Go Down and See' Genesis 19 Lot's Hospitality and the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah Gen 18:23-33 Then Abraham Came Near Reading in Context Final Observations 5 'And He Believed Him' Preliminary Observations Gen 15:1-6 Descendants Gen 15:7-21 Land Reading Genesis 15 in Context Final Observations 6 Re-Imagining Abraham: A Deuteronom(ist)ic Project? The Four Passages as a Group Re-Imagining Abraham Re-Imagining Abraham: A Democratizing Project Re-Imagining Abraham: Abraham as Future Hope Re-Imagining Abraham: Abraham and the Nations Are the Four Passages Deuteronom(ist)ic? If Not D, Then...? Final Observations Select Bibliography Index of Ancient Sources

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Warner's Monographie nimmt einen festen Platz in der Landschaft der Genesis-Forschung ein. - Urmas Nommick, in: Theologische Literaturzeitung, 2019

Warner's Monographie nimmt einen festen Platz in der Landschaft der Genesis-Forschung ein. Urmas Nommick. Theologische Literaturzeitung, 2019

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Megan Warner, DTheol (2012), University of Divinity (Melbourne), is Teaching Fellow at King’s College London. She has published widely on Genesis and the Pentateuch and is the author of Abraham: A journey through Lent (SPCK, 2015).

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