Bakhos Ishmael on the Border

Rabbinic Portrayals of the First Arab
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8165-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion

Explores rabbinic views of Ishmael, the biblical figure seen as the first Arab.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bakhos, Carol

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Methodology
Overview

1. Ishmael and Esau: Marginalized Men of the Bible
Ishmael in the Bible
Esau in the Bible
2. Ishmael in Tannaitic and Amoraic Literature
The Tannaitic Sources
The Amoraic Sources
3. The Rabbis and Their Others
The Pairing of Ishmael and Esau in Rabbinic Literature
Esau as Real Other
Ishmael, the Ishmaelites, and the Children of Keturah
The Arab Descendants of Ishmael
Abraham’s Descendants and Israel’s Divine Election
The Role of Christianity in the Depiction of the Other
4. Ishmael in Later Midrashim
The Treatment of Ishmael in Pirke Rabbi Eliezer
Abraham’s Visits to Ishmael in Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer
Abraham’s Visits to Ishmael in Arabic Sources
Revisiting the Visits
The Ishmaelites in Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer
Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Carol Bakhos is Professor of Late Antique Judaism at the University of California at Los Angeles and is the editor of Ancient Judaism in its Hellenistic Context.