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Abraham and the Ravens: a Syriac Counterpart To Jubilees 11-12 and Its Implications

Abraham and the Ravens: a Syriac Counterpart To Jubilees 11-12 and Its Implications ABRAHAM AND THE RAVENS: A SYRIAC COUNTERPART TO JUBILEES 11-12 AND ITS IMPLICATIONS BY S. P. BROCK Oxford To H. F. D. Sparks aet. LXX Jubilees 11 records a curious episode in the early life of Abraham in which Abraham successfully drives off a plague of ravens that were threatening the land with famine by devouring all the seed the mo- ment it was sown. The passage is without parallel in later Jewish tradition, but has an intriguing variant which turns up in Syriac sources, and it is with this variant tradition that the present paper is primarily concerned. As we shall see, there are good reasons for sup- posing that the chronological schema of the Syriac form of the tradi- tion is in fact anterior to, and the basis of, the pattern in Jubilees. Jubilees 1) tells how, at the time of Terah's birth, Mastema sent ravens to devour all the seed before it could be ploughed in (Jub. 11, 11-13). Seventy years later, during this resulting period of famine, Abraham is born (Jub. 11, 15), and at the age of 14 he separates himself off from his father's idol worship and begins to pray to the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal for the Study of Judaism Brill

Abraham and the Ravens: a Syriac Counterpart To Jubilees 11-12 and Its Implications

Brock, S.P.
Journal for the Study of Judaism , Volume 9 (1): 135 – Jan 1, 1978
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© 1978 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0047-2212
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10.1163/157006378X00238
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ABRAHAM AND THE RAVENS: A SYRIAC COUNTERPART TO JUBILEES 11-12 AND ITS IMPLICATIONS BY S. P. BROCK Oxford To H. F. D. Sparks aet. LXX Jubilees 11 records a curious episode in the early life of Abraham in which Abraham successfully drives off a plague of ravens that were threatening the land with famine by devouring all the seed the mo- ment it was sown. The passage is without parallel in later Jewish tradition, but has an intriguing variant which turns up in Syriac sources, and it is with this variant tradition that the present paper is primarily concerned. As we shall see, there are good reasons for sup- posing that the chronological schema of the Syriac form of the tradi- tion is in fact anterior to, and the basis of, the pattern in Jubilees. Jubilees 1) tells how, at the time of Terah's birth, Mastema sent ravens to devour all the seed before it could be ploughed in (Jub. 11, 11-13). Seventy years later, during this resulting period of famine, Abraham is born (Jub. 11, 15), and at the age of 14 he separates himself off from his father's idol worship and begins to pray to the

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Published: Jan 1, 1978

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