Readers of the Book of Genesis have come to take for granted that the primordial history of the Jews begins with a single pair of founders – Abraham and Sarah – and then passes through a very narrow line of successions – to Isaac and Rebekah and then Jacob and his wives – before it finally spreads out to an entire family that eventually becomes the large nation that leaves Egypt in the second founding story told in the Book of Exodus.Less clear, though, is why this should be. One Midrashic tradition, after ...
Tópico(s): Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
2019 - RELX Group (Netherlands) | SSRN Electronic Journal
... edges to break on. The interesting juxtaposition of Lech lecha and Lechi lach becomes unfortunately vacuous when set ...
Tópico(s): Religion, Society, and Development
2012 - Wiley | CrossCurrents
... This brings up the subject of THE THIRD LECH LECHA. This one is from Saba to you, Tavi. ...
Tópico(s): Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
1993 - American College of Physicians | Annals of Internal Medicine