The Image of Edom in Midrash Bereshit Rabbah
In Rabbinic literature, Esau (hence Edom), Jacob’s brother, is the character systematically chosen to incarnate the role of Rome, the “wicked empire,” both in the pagan (pre-Constantinian) and Christian periods. With this in mind, this article deals with the imagery of Edom in the classical Jewish M...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Revue de l’histoire des religions
2016
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |