Ishmael on the border : rabbinic portrayals of the first Arab /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bakhos, Carol
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Albany : State University of New York Press, [2006]
Subjects:	Arabs in the Bible. Bible. > Genesis > Criticism, interpretation, etc. Esau > (Biblical figure) > In rabbinical literature. Ishmael > (Biblical figure) > In rabbinical literature. Esau > (Biblical figure) Ishmael > (Biblical figure) Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Ishmael and Esau : marginalized men of the Bible
Ishmael in the Bible
Esau in the Bible
Ishmael in Tannaitic and Amoraic literature
The Tannaitic sources
The Amoraic sources
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 other
Ishmael in later Midrashim
The treatment of Ishmael in Pirke Rabbi Eliezer
Abraham's visits in Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer
Abraham's visits in Arabic sources
Revisiting the visits
The Ishmaelites in Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer.