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The Role of Exchange in Ancient Mediterranean Religion and Its Implications for Reading Genesis 18–19
- Author(s):
- Thomas Bolin (see profile)
- Date:
- 2004
- Group(s):
- Biblical Studies, Catholic Biblical Association, Religious Studies
- Subject(s):
- Bible. Pentateuch
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Hebrew bible, Pentateuch
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/hjbd-xv58
- Abstract:
- This article reads Genesis 18-19 in the light of the principal of exchange at work in ancient religious belief concerning divine justice. Genesis 18.1-15 and 19.1-29, as examples of the well-worn tale of the divine visitor, are narrative expressions of confidence in a divine justice that rewards the kind and punishes the inhospitable. In the dialogue of 18.6-33, Abraham explicitly raises the question of divine justice, but complicates it by also exploring the possibility of divine mercy. The second divine visitor tale in Gen. 19.1-29, in which Sodom is justly destroyed while Lot is spared out of mercy, shows that Yahweh operates according to more stringent ideas of justice than humanity would wish.
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- Published as:
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- Publisher:
- Sage
- Pub. Date:
- 2004
- Journal:
- Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
- Volume:
- 29
- Issue:
- 1
- Page Range:
- 37 - 56
- ISSN:
- 0309-0892
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- Attribution
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The Role of Exchange in Ancient Mediterranean Religion and Its Implications for Reading Genesis 18–19