Interpretations of the name Israel in ancient Judaism and some early Christian writings : from victorious athlete to heavenly champion / C.T.R. Hayward.
Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 397 pages)Content type:- text
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- 9781429470360
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- Jacob (Biblical patriarch) -- Name
- Bible. Genesis, XXXII, 9-22 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
- Bible. Genesis, XXXV, 9-15 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History
- Jacob, (Biblical patriarch) -- Name
- Bible. Genesis, XXXII, 9-22 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History
- Bible. Genesis, XXXV, 9-15 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History
- Jacob (Patriarche biblique) -- Nom
- Greek literature, Hellenistic -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism
- Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism
- Israël -- Nom
- RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament
- Oude Testament
- Jodendom
- Christendom
- Namen (benamingen)
- De twaalf stammen van Israël
- 222/.11092 22
- BS580.J3 H39 2005eb
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-369) and index.
The Hebrew Bible and Jacob's Change of Name -- Jacob's Change of Name as Represented by the Septuagint Translators -- Days Without Number: Jacob, Israel, and Jesus ben Sira -- Jacob Becomes Israel: The Story as Told by the Book of Jubilees -- The One Who Sees God: Israel According to Philo of Alexandria -- The Name Israel, Philo, and the Prayer of Joseph -- Jacob Becomes Israel: The Account of Flavius Josephus -- Jacob's Change of Name Expounded in Rabbinic Texts -- New Testament Engagements -- Some Patristic Approaches to the Name Israel.
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