The Reception and Remembrance of Abraham

Niels Peter Lemche editor Pernille Carstens editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Gorgias Press

Published:4th Aug '11

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The Reception and Remembrance of Abraham cover

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.

ISBN: 9781463200541

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160 pages