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28%OFFJames L. Kugel - The Ladder of Jacob: Ancient Interpretations of the Biblical Story of Jacob and His Children - 9780691141237 - V9780691141237
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The Ladder of Jacob: Ancient Interpretations of the Biblical Story of Jacob and His Children

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Description for The Ladder of Jacob: Ancient Interpretations of the Biblical Story of Jacob and His Children Paperback. Rife with incest, rape, and murder, the biblical story of Jacob and his children must have troubled ancient readers. This title traces the steps of ancient biblical interpreters as they struggled with such problems. It reveals how they often fixed on a little detail in the Bible's wording to 'deduce' something not openly stated in the narrative. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Rife with incest, adultery, rape, and murder, the biblical story of Jacob and his children must have troubled ancient readers. By any standard, this was a family with problems. Jacob's oldest son Reuben is said to have slept with his father's concubine Bilhah. The next two sons, Simeon and Levi, tricked the men of a nearby city into undergoing circumcision, and then murdered all of them as revenge for the rape of their sister. Judah, the fourth son, had sexual relations with his own daughter-in-law. Meanwhile, jealous of their younger sibling Joseph, the brothers conspired to kill him; they later ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691141237
SKU
V9780691141237
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About James L. Kugel
James L. Kugel, formerly Starr Professor of Hebrew Literature at Harvard University, is Director of the Institute for the History of the Jewish Bible at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, where he also serves as Professor of Bible. Kugel is the author of ten books, including "The God of Old: Great Poems of the Bible" and "The Bible as It Was" ... Read more

Reviews for The Ladder of Jacob: Ancient Interpretations of the Biblical Story of Jacob and His Children
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2007 "The Ladder of Jacob is one of the most readable and attractive introductions to the general style of traditional Jewish reasoning from Scripture. It captures the strange combination of playfulness with deadly seriousness that characterizes this exegetical tradition, and which makes studying it so enjoyable. The methods it works with are profoundly ... Read more

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