Tag: Folktales

• Good Old Abraham

  Unlike the beginning of the book, containing mostly myth, Genesis 12-50 is mainly folktale and legend. It focuses on four ‘heroes’ from the past – Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph. From a literary viewpoint, chapters 12-36 contain a series of individual episodes, gathered round each of the first three of these ‘heroes’, and strung together […]

  calgacus83

  23rd May 2021

  Hebrew Bible, Literature, Old Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Abraham, Babylon, Folktales, Genesis, Israelites, Legends