4. “But Esau I Despised”: Israel and Edom are Enemies

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Abbreviations ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. “Esau Jacob’s Brother”: Israel and Edom Are Brothers 7
6. 2. Jacob and Esau in the Book of Genesis 20
7. 3. Israel and Edom in the Preexilic Biblical Literature 65
8. 4. “But Esau I Despised”: Israel and Edom are Enemies 74
9. 5. Jeremiah’s Prophecy against Edom: Chapter 49 92
10. 6. Ezekiel’s Prophecy against Edom (25:12–14) 102
11. 7. Ezekiel’s Prophecy against Edom, Chapter 35 107
12. 8. Isaiah’s Prophecy against Edom, Chapter 34 121
13. 9. Isaiah’s Prophecy against Edom, Chapter 63 131
14. 10. Obadiah’s Prophecy against 141
15. 11. The Prophecy of Malachi 1:2–5 153
16. 12. The Anti-Edomite Ideology of the Genealogical Lists in 1 Chronicles 1 163
17. 13. Edom and Israel in Rabbinic and Medieval Literature 175
18. Afterword 188
19. Bibliography 191
20. Index of Authors 205
21. Index of Scripture 209