10 Abraham and Forward Expansion of Israel’s Past: A Perspective from Ancient Korean History

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements xi
4. List of Tables and Figures xiii
5. List of Abbreviations xiv
6. 1 Introduction: Why Judah and Israel Again? 1
7. Part I: Judah Desires Israel
8. 2 United yet Divided: Reading Judah and Israel in the Context of Two Koreas 33
9. 3 Recent Debate on the Emergence of Biblical Israel 49
10. 4 Rethinking Northern Refugees 66
11. 5 Inferiority, Desire, and Judah’s Contradictory Self 83
12. 6 Israel and Judah, China and its Others 96
13. Part II: Judah Rewrites Israel’s Past
14. 7 Tradition, Narrative, and Identity: A Theoretical Discussion 111
15. 8 Jacob and Abraham, North and South 125
16. 9 Jacob: From an Indigenous Hero to Israel’s Father 136
17. 10 Abraham and Forward Expansion of Israel’s Past: A Perspective from Ancient Korean History 163
18. 11 From Jacob to Abraham: Preliminary Observations 179
19. 12 Conclusion: Judah’s Desire and Our Desire 203
20. Bibliography 217
21. Modern Authors Index 237
22. Subject Index 241
23. Scripture Index 251