Seeking a homeland : sojourn and ethnic identity in the ancestral narratives of Genesis / by Elisabeth Robertson Kennedy.

Sojourn is a Leitwort in the ancestral narratives of Genesis, repeatedly accentuated as an important descriptor of the patriarchs¿́¿ identity and experience. This study shows that despite its connotations of alienation, sojourn language in Genesis contributes to a strong communal identity for biblic...

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Main Author: Kennedy, Elisabeth Robertson
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Brill, 2011.
Series:Biblical interpretation series ; 106.
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