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When brothers dwell together : the preeminence of younger siblings in the Hebrew Bible / Frederick E. Greenspahn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greenspahn, Frederick E., 1946- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Brothers in the Bible.
- Sisters in the Bible.
- First-born children in the Bible.
- Local Subjects:
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (206 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study of siblings in the Hebrew Bible describes how the Bible develops some of its most memorable plots around sibling interaction. The author seeks an explanation for the Bible's preference for younger siblings, who tend to emerge triumphant in tales of sibling rivalry.
- Contents:
- Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Firstborn of All Creation; 2. An Unnatural Custom; Sacrifice of Firstborns; Inheritance; Israelite Inheritance; bekor; Succession; Summary; 3. The Last Shall Be First; 4. Every Brother a Supplanter; 5. The Son God Has Chosen; Selected Bibliography; Index of Biblical and Other Sources; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1994.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-174) and indexes.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-774188-6
- 1-280-44342-1
- 0-19-535955-0
- 0-585-33211-8
- OCLC:
- 476016059
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