{"title":"Hagar, Ishmael, And Abraham’s Household In Josephus’ Antiquitates Judaicae","authors":"B. Lans","doi":"10.1163/EJ.9789004188433.I-578.60","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/EJ.9789004188433.I-578.60","url":null,"abstract":"In sermons and commentary on Gen 12 and Acts 7, Calvin expatiated on the theme of Abraham and his exile. The connection between Abraham and exile becomes transformed into a major theme in his sermon on Genesis delivered in January. Various midrashim probe the reason for God's call to Abraham. The author examines one particular midrash, which in contrast to Calvin, undermines the universalistic elements that may be drawn out from the first three verses of Gen 12-indeed, whether it is using the old tradition of Ps 45 or using other proemial verses its purpose is patently particularistic. The first four sections of the midrash for the pericope lek leka , each of which is composed according to a specific literary or rhetorical structure, sheds light on the meaning of Abraham's call in Gen 12:1. Keywords:Abraham; Calvin; exile; midrashic tradition","PeriodicalId":335853,"journal":{"name":"Abraham, the Nations, and the Hagarites","volume":"6 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120840098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Come Out Of Your Country And Your Kinsfolk”","authors":"L. R. Lanzillotta","doi":"10.1163/9789004216495_026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004216495_026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":335853,"journal":{"name":"Abraham, the Nations, and the Hagarites","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126468002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"After Philo And Paul","authors":"J. Leemans","doi":"10.1163/EJ.9789004188433.I-578.144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/EJ.9789004188433.I-578.144","url":null,"abstract":"The Daniel-diegesis is a very particular apocalypse.1. This diegesis is transmitted in three manuscripts: two complete texts inM and in B and a kind of abstract V. The historical part of the Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius is clearly inspired by the prediction of Daniel, based on the succession of the four world empires (Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome), with the argument that the apparently successful development of the Arabic empire can only be temporary. In chapter 6 of the Daniel-diegesis the final defeat and the massacre of the Arabs is told, followed by a description of the reign of the ideal emperor and the realized utopian period. The author ends the chapter a single remark about the term Agarenes. This term is already used for indicating the Arabs in the Septuaginta, 1 Chr 5:19, where the sons of Reuben and Gad wage war against the Arabs. Keywords:Byzantine writings; Daniel-diegesis ; Hagar","PeriodicalId":335853,"journal":{"name":"Abraham, the Nations, and the Hagarites","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132283026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Philosophical Criticism Of Genealogical Claims And Stoic Depoliticization Of Politics","authors":"G. V. Kooten","doi":"10.1163/EJ.9789004188433.I-578.121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/EJ.9789004188433.I-578.121","url":null,"abstract":"In this chapter, the author intends to analyze, the Exegesis on the Soul, a Nag Hammadi text that, as a matter of fact, combines the motif of Odysseus' journey home with the commandment given to Abraham. A closer examination of the text's conceptual background will help us to discover the allegorical interpretation the author is applying to the text and, at the same time, to reveal its differences when compared to other apparently parallel uses of the biblical passage. Within this purpose the author exposition is organized into three sections. The first part includes an initial approach to the Exegesis on the Soul that provides a conceptual framework for our study. The second compares it with some other extant allegorical interpretations, mainly those by Philo, and the third attempts to draw some conclusions regarding the cosmological and anthropological views of text. Keywords:Abraham; allegorical interpretation; Exegesis on the Soul; Nag Hammadi text; Odysseus' journey","PeriodicalId":335853,"journal":{"name":"Abraham, the Nations, and the Hagarites","volume":"315 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123405628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hagar In The So-Called Daniel-Diegesis And In Other Byzantine Writings","authors":"W. J. Aerts","doi":"10.1163/EJ.9789004188433.I-578.154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/EJ.9789004188433.I-578.154","url":null,"abstract":"The Daniel-diegesis is a very particular apocalypse.1. This diegesis is transmitted in three manuscripts: two complete texts inM and in B and a kind of abstract V. The historical part of the Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius is clearly inspired by the prediction of Daniel, based on the succession of the four world empires (Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome), with the argument that the apparently successful development of the Arabic empire can only be temporary. In chapter 6 of the Daniel-diegesis the final defeat and the massacre of the Arabs is told, followed by a description of the reign of the ideal emperor and the realized utopian period. The author ends the chapter a single remark about the term Agarenes. This term is already used for indicating the Arabs in the Septuaginta, 1 Chr 5:19, where the sons of Reuben and Gad wage war against the Arabs. Keywords: Byzantine writings; Daniel-diegesis ; Hagar","PeriodicalId":335853,"journal":{"name":"Abraham, the Nations, and the Hagarites","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128160150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spartans And Jews","authors":"J. Bremmer","doi":"10.1163/ej.9789004188433.i-578.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004188433.i-578.22","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter discusses three non-biblical Scrolls in which Abraham appears, one of which may provide a clue that Gen 12:3 was ignored deliberately as a result of an exclusivist perspective on who was to possess the land. It gives a brief overview of early Jewish Abraham traditions and shows that the theme of Abraham and the blessing of the nations was not a major issue in other early Jewish texts outside the Qumran collection. The chapter looks at two texts from Qumran in which Abraham and the nations possibly appear together and that give expression to the idea that the nations are excluded from the benefits of the covenant with Abraham. From a survey presented here it is evident that the absence of the theme of Abraham and the blessing of the nations in the Dead Sea Scrolls was not an isolated phenomenon at the time. Keywords:Abraham; Dead sea scrolls; Gen 12:3; Jewish Abraham traditions; Qumran","PeriodicalId":335853,"journal":{"name":"Abraham, the Nations, and the Hagarites","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114265275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}