The stories of the family troubles of Judah and David: a study of their literary links

AbstractThis article adds some newly discovered literary links between Gen. xxxviii and the Succession Narrative (SN) to those already observed by scholars in the past thirty or so years. Gen. xxxviii is found to be dependent on and owes to the SN most of its literary components like names, plot, th...

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Published in:Vetus Testamentum 1999, Vol.49 (4), p.514-531
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Brothers
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History and sciences of religions
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Literary themes
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Old testament
Pentateuch
Retaliation
Robes
Sons
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