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Abraham has been perceived as the father of faith by both Jews and Christians. Interpretations of Abraham in later sources tend to idealize his actions. When religious commentators write about Abraham and the other stories in the Abraham cycle they are writing about their own im…

Previous studies of Jacob's story in Genesis have treated Jacob's vow to God in one of two general ways. One way sees Jacob's vow to God in Gen 28:20-22 as a consistent but isolated moment in the series of tricks Jacob plays on other characters. He makes his acceptance of Yahweh…