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The ancestral narratives of Genesis have a decidedly political character. The narrative presentations of ancestors and their kin reflect the relationships of the later people of Israel with their neighboring peoples. In light of the findings of recent Pentateuch research, this volume addresses important aspects of the political meaning of these narratives. The collection of nineteen contributions from internationally renowned experts explores, for example, the political intention of various narrative units or literary layers. The political significance of the ancestresses is also discussed, and the political receptions of ancestral narratives in early Jewish literature and in Islam traced.

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Born 1958; studied Theology, History and Philosophy at Queensland University (Australia) and in Princeton (USA); 1988 PhD; since 1992 Professor for Old Testament at Whitley College, within the University of Divinity, Melbourne. Born 1975; studied Protestant Theology and Ancient Oriental Studies in Bethel, Leipzig and Münster; 2006 PhD; 2008 Habilitation; 2014-19 Professor for Old Testament at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg; since 2019 Professor for Old Testament at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. Geboren 1982; Studium der Ev. Theologie in Göttingen und Jerusalem; 2015 Promotion in Göttingen; seit 2014 wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Lehrstuhl für Altes Testament der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg.

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