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The Reception and Remembrance of Abraham

The Reception and Remembrance of Abraham

Hardcover

Bible Studies

ISBN10: 1463200544
ISBN13: 9781463200541
Publisher: Gorgias Pr Llc
Published: Aug 1 2011
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This book explores the role of the biblical patriarch Abraham in the formation and use of authoritative texts in the Persian and Hellenistic periods. It reflects a conference session in 2009 focusing on Abraham as a figure of cultural memory in the literature of these periods. Cultural memory is the shared reproduction and recalling of what has been learned and retained. It also involves transformation and innovation. As a figure of memory, stories of Abraham served as guidelines for identity-formation and authoritative illustration of behaviour for the emerging Jewish communities.

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