Going Up and Going Down A Key to Interpreting Jacob`s Dream ( Genesis 28: 10-22)
- New York T and T Clark 2018
- 294p
- Library of Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament Studies; 201800ENGGPS6 .
includes index and biblioraphy
1. Preface to the Story of Jacob` Dream : Jacob`s Dream as a Mise en Abyme ..........................1 Dream descriptions in the Bible and in the ancinet near east ..........4 Research methods and methodology .......23 A survey of the researchon jacob dream .............43 2. The story of Jacob`s Dream at bethel : Genesis 28: 10-22 ............49 1. Structure and significance of the jacob` Dram story .......49 2. The dream vision as mise en abyme of the jacob`s dream story ...........62 The vision in the dream ....88 Two reading of Jacob`s Dream ................134 The Vow as a contribution to understanding and interpreting jacob`s Dream .........141 3. THe Jacob`s Dream story as mise en Abyme of the jacob story cycle ..............161 1. Subject and boundaries ......161 Defining jacob story cycle boundaries and place in the discussion ............162 Mise en abyme in the bible and in Ancient near eastern literature ........................166 The dram vision as mise en abyme of entering and leaving the land in the jacob story cycle ...............175 Jacob1s Dream as mise en abyme for the patriarchal narrative ..................202 4. Conclusion and departure point : The gate of heaven journeys from babylon to bethel and to jerusalem cycle ................248 The Tower of Babel and jacob`s Sullam .........256