Ishmael on the border
Subtitle: rabbinic portrayals of the first Arab
By: Carol Bakhos.
Publisher: State University of New York Press; SUNY Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Ishmael (Biblical figure); Esau (Biblical figure); Bible. O.T. Genesis -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Arabs in the Bible; Ishmael (Biblical figure) in rabbinical literature; Esau (Biblical figure) in rabbinical literature
Description: "Ishmael on the Border is an in-depth study of the rabbinic treatment of Abraham's first-born son, Ishmael. This book examines Ishmael's conflicted portrayal over a thousand-year period and traces the shifts and nuances in his representation within the Jewish tradition before and after the emergence of Islam."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ishmael and Esau : marginalized men of the Bible; title: Ishmael in the Bible; title: Esau in the Bible; title: Ishmael in Tannaitic and Amoraic literature; title: The Tannaitic sources; title: The Amoraic sources; title: The rabbis and their others; title: The pairing of Ishmael and Esau in rabbinic literature; title: Esau as real other; title: Ishmael, the Ishmaelites, and the children of Keturah; title: The Arab descendants of Ishmael; title: Abraham's descendants and Israel's divine election; title: The role of Christianity in the depiction of other; title: Ishmael in later Midrashim; title: The treatment of Ishmael in Pirke Rabbi Eliezer; title: Abraham's visits in Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer; title: Abraham's visits in Arabic sources; title: Revisiting the visits; title: The Ishmaelites in Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer.