Like Father, Like Son: Theorizing Transmission in Biblical Literature
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: Behind the literary form of testament and expressions memorializing the dead is a concept of how objects, rights, and speech pass from one generation to the next: transmission. This essay examines two interrelated phenomena that give filial succession in the biblical and Ugaritic literature its contours: first, the discourses surrounding inevitable bodily death; and second, father-to-son transmission of objects, entitlements, and instruction. Reading closely Isaacs deathbed blessing in Genesis 27, the Ugaritic tale of Aqhat, and Ruths devotion to Naomi, the essay argues that acts of filial devotion and obedience are closely connected to cultural expectations of »truth,« the faithful correspondence of speech to action.
Source: Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel
Author: Jacqueline Vayntrub
Language: English
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2938111484