The Ordeals of Isaac and Jacob

by Martin Sicker

The biblical author had to demonstrate that the founding fathers of the model civilization-envisioned in Mosaic legislation intended as a model for emulation by other peoples and nations-were recognizably human-flawed as all humans are. One can empathize with Isaac or Jacob who are seen to be human with their faults and frailties-which one cannot do with a superhuman being. These stories illustrate dramatically there are no characters of mythic proportions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595428908
• ISBN13: 9780595428908
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"