CHILDREN OF EXILE, ANCESTORS OF HOPE:

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" CHILDREN OF EXILE, ANCESTORS OF HOPE: "
K. A. Kapsanis

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1112722
Doc. No	:	TLpq303563768
Main Entry	:	K. A. Kapsanis
Title & Author	:	CHILDREN OF EXILE, ANCESTORS OF HOPE:\ K. A. Kapsanis
College	:	Duquesne University
Date	:	1987
student score	:	1987
Degree	:	M.A.
Page No	:	138
Abstract	:	Genesis 18:16-22:19 raises an exegetical problem. It contains two statements of the Abrahamic promises--in the soliloquy of 18:17-19 and the oracle of 22:15-18--but with ethical provisos absent from other Abrahamic promises. The thesis addresses how the entire unit figures in the Abraham story. Following Clines, the thesis engages a method that considers the text's narrative art, post-exilic redactional context, and theological implications. Gen 18:17-19 and 22:15-18 belong to a chiasmus, spanning Gen 18:16-22:19 and bearing the pattern, a-b-c-d-e-d-c-b-a The chiasmus underscores Abraham's and Yahweh's increased knowledge of each other. The chiasmus also reflects Israel's sense that exile led Israel to a deeper knowledge of God. For Abraham and Israel, being chosen means being set apart and called to a higher responsibility before God and the other peoples of the earth. The presence of post-exilic themes in the Abraham story suggests that Scripture depicts exile and return as constitutive of Israel's life with God.
Subject	:	Bible
	:	Philosophy, religion and theology
	:	Theology
	:	Theology