Description:
Offers a canonical reading of the Esau and Edom traditions, examining the portrayal of Esau and Edom in Genesis, Deuteronomy, and the prophetic material.
Brief description: Jacqueline Vayntrub is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale University, USA
Review Quotes: "Brotherhood and Inheritance is a commendable and original theological study on the interpretations surrounding the tradition of Esau and Edom; in various ways, it also goes beyond that, asking valid questions concerning literary motifs-such as election, possession, land, and blessing-that permeate an important part of the literature of the ancient Near East.The author should be credited for the amount of scholarship involved, as well as for providing readers with a thorough textual study. Finally, as is usually the case with volumes in the LHBOTS series, the book has been meticulously and satisfactorily edited." --Juan Manuel Tebes, Argentine Catholic University, University of Buenos Aires, National Research Council, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures