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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 biblical Israel. An innovative application of Anthony D. Smith’s theory of ethnic myth utilizes the categories of ethnoscape, election, and communal ethics as analytical tools in the investigation of the Genesis sojourn texts. Close exegetical treatment reveals sojourn to strengthen Israel’s ethnic identity in ways that are varied and at times paradoxical. Its very complexity, however, makes it particularly useful as a resource for group identity at times when straightforward categories of territorial and social affiliation may fail.

222.2 --- Genesis --- Bible. --- Be-reshit (Book of the Old Testament) --- Bereshit (Book of the Old Testament) --- Bytie (Book of the Old Testament) --- Chʻangsegi (Book of the Old Testament) --- Genesis (Book of the Old Testament) --- Sifr al-Takwīn --- Takwīn (Book of the Old Testament) --- Criticism, Narrative. --- Bible

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"This study offers a canonical reading of the Esau and Edom traditions, examining the portrayal of Esau and Edom in Genesis, Deuteronomy, and the prophetic material. First, it is argued that the depiction of Esau and his descendants in Genesis and Deuteronomy is, on the whole, positive. Second, it is put forward that Edom is portrayed negatively by the prophets for violating their kin, and for disrespecting the divine apportioning of the lands. Finally, it is suggested that these traditions have resonance with one another based on recurring literary and theological motifs, heuristically framed as brotherhood and inheritance."--Bloomsbury Publishing This study offers a canonical reading of the Esau and Edom traditions, examining the portrayal of Esau and Edom in Genesis, Deuteronomy, and the prophetic material. First, it is argued that the depiction of Esau and his descendants in Genesis and Deuteronomy is, on the whole, positive. Second, it is put forward that Edom is portrayed negatively by the prophets for violating their kin, and for disrespecting the divine apportioning of the lands. Finally, it is suggested that these traditions have resonance with one another based on recurring literary and theological motifs, heuristically framed as brotherhood and inheritance.

Edomites. --- Esau --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Adomim --- Idumaeans --- ʻEśaṿ --- עשיו --- Be-reshit (Book of the Old Testament) --- Bereshit (Book of the Old Testament) --- Bytie (Book of the Old Testament) --- Chʻangsegi (Book of the Old Testament) --- Genesis (Book of the Old Testament) --- Sifr al-Takwīn --- Takwīn (Book of the Old Testament) --- Esau - (Biblical figure)

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Anders als die meisten anderen spätantiken Bibeldichtungen weist die Alethia des Claudius Marius Victorius neben Einflüssen aus dem paganen Epos starke Bezüge zum Lehrgedicht und speziell zu Lukrez auf. Obwohl einzelne Lukrezparallelen schon im 19. Jh. beobachtet wurden, wurde nie umfassend untersucht, in welchem Verhältnis epische und lehrdichterische Züge in der Alethia zueinander stehen. Die vorliegende Arbeit analysiert systematisch die epischen und lehrdichterischen Elemente im Werk, wobei formale und inhaltliche Aspekte gleichermaßen berücksichtigt werden. Im Zuge der Untersuchung werden auch Bezüge zu Tendenzen der spätantiken Dichtung sowie zentrale theologische Anliegen des Autors herausgearbeitet. Abschließend wird auf der Grundlage der Untersuchungsergebnisse die Stellung der Alethia im Kontext der spätantiken Bibeldichtung neu bestimmt. Insgesamt gelingt es, sowohl die Abhängigkeiten als auch die Spezifika der Alethia schärfer als zuvor sichtbar zu machen - und damit zugleich die Vielfalt und Produktivität der lange vernachlässigten Gattung Bibeldichtung aufzuzeigen.

Christian poetry, Latin --- History and criticism. --- Victor, Claudius Marius, --- Bible. --- Commentaries --- Be-reshit (Book of the Old Testament) --- Bereshit (Book of the Old Testament) --- Bytie (Book of the Old Testament) --- Chʻangsegi (Book of the Old Testament) --- Genesis (Book of the Old Testament) --- Sifr al-Takwīn --- Takwīn (Book of the Old Testament) --- Biblical epic. --- ancient didactic poetry. --- ancient epic. --- late antique Christian poetry.

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This is a sequel to Brichto's iconoclastic Toward a Grammar of Bibliocal Poetics, which argued the aesthetic wholeness of the Hebrew Bible. Brichto focuses on the book of Genesis, examining one of the great inconsistencies - the many names for God.

Authorship. --- Authoring (Authorship) --- Writing (Authorship) --- Literature --- Bible. --- Be-reshit (Book of the Old Testament) --- Bereshit (Book of the Old Testament) --- Bytie (Book of the Old Testament) --- Chʻangsegi (Book of the Old Testament) --- Genesis (Book of the Old Testament) --- Sifr al-Takwīn --- Takwīn (Book of the Old Testament) --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- 222.2 --- Genesis

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Sermons, Early Christian. --- Sermons, Greek --- Early Christian sermons --- Christian literature, Early --- Bible. --- Be-reshit (Book of the Old Testament) --- Bereshit (Book of the Old Testament) --- Bytie (Book of the Old Testament) --- Chʻangsegi (Book of the Old Testament) --- Genesis (Book of the Old Testament) --- Sifr al-Takwīn --- Takwīn (Book of the Old Testament) --- Sermons, Early Christian --- Sermons, Greek - Early works to 1800