By Paul D. Vrolijk
Quite a few bible study on wealth and poverty were released over the past thirty years. a few of these reviews contact at the wealth of the patriarchs in Genesis 12-50, yet they concentration predominantly on different components of the Bible. students who've studied the patriarchal narratives intimately touch upon features of patriarchal wealth, yet don't provide an in-depth research of this subject. This e-book on Jacob's wealth exhibits that such an research is warranted. within the Jacob tale, fabric possessions and their linked attitudes and activities are necessary to comprehend a number of the courting dynamics. usually, possessions are the reason for clash, yet in addition they play a task in clash solution. hence, this research contributes to a fuller realizing of the Jacob-cycle.
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G. 28:10–22; 31:25–55, 32:22–32. This is quite similar to the experience of Jacob’s descendants (cf. Exodus, Deuteronomy). ). E and E’ focus on Jacob’s struggle with Laban (and its resolution). C and C’ focus on Jacob’s struggle with Esau (and 1 Rendsburg, The Redaction of Genesis, 53. Fishbane’s 1975 JTS article (M. Fishbane, “Composition and Structure in the Jacob Cycle (Gen 25:19–25:22),” JJS 26 (1975): 15–38) was incorporated in his later publication Text and Texture. See also Gammie, “Theological Interpretation,” 120ff.
125 Fokkelman, “Genesis,” 41. 126 Fishbane, 40–62. g. Rendsburg, The Redaction of Genesis; McKeown, Genesis, 238–239. See the opening paragraphs of Chapter 2. 127 Gammie, “Theological Interpretation,” 121; Waltke, Genesis, 17–54; Parry, Old Testament Story and Christian Ethics, xix. 128 Fishbane, Text and Texture; Alter, The Art of Biblical Narrative; Fokkelman, Narrative Art in Genesis; Sternberg, Poetics. P. Fokkelman, Reading Biblical Narrative: An Introductory Guide (trans. Ineke Smit; Louisville, Kentucky, USA: Westminster John Knox Press, 1999).
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