1. A twitter essay on sibling rivalry in the Hebrew Bible.
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@HeerJeet So Jacob's complete skeeviness is both apologia and expression of guilty conscience.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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11. The younger son is also (allegorically) the underdog - David as against Goliath.
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12. I'm no Auerbach, but I wonder if the celebration of the underdog wasn't a crucial innovation. Don't know many other classical parallels.
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@HeerJeet Isaac is favoured in both views, as the younger son oppressed by his older brother Ishmael and also the God-promised primogenitor.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet there is a discrepancy btwn the Pentateuch and the Quran as to which brother, Isaac or Ishmael resp., was to be spared sacrifice.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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