Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Abraham as a hero?

PROF. EVERETT FOX: What Kind of Hero is Abraham? (TheTorah.com).
The lack of details surrounding God’s first call to Abram—לך לך, “go forth”—or about Abram’s trip to Canaan contrasts starkly with other biblical figures, highlighting that Abraham is not a typical hero.
A past post on Lord Raglan's typology of the Hero is here.

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