Edom, Israel's Brother and Antagonist: The Role of Edom in Biblical Prophecy and Story

by Bert Dicou

Book Overview

The subject of the present book is the theme of Edom in the Old Testament. In the four long oracles against Edom (Isa. 34, Jer. 49.7-22, Ezek. 35, Obadiah), this nation serves as Israel's antagonist and the representative of the enemy nations. Edom also appears in the book of Genesis: Jacob's brother Esau is the patriarch of the Edomites and Esau himself is called Edom as well (Gen. 25-36). Although there is no such negative estimation of Edom as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567483819
• ISBN13: 9780567483812
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"