From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il>
To: Walter Mattfeld <mattfeld AT mail.pjsnet.com>
Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Dating the Pentateuch- Abraham, Gerar & Beersheba
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 11:01:26 +0200
Dear Walter,
The Beer-sheba Covenant Narrative featuring Abraham (Gen. 21;22-34) is
in my opinion a secondary narrative based on the earlier Beer-sheba
Covenant Narrative featuring Isaac (gen, 26:26-32) Likewise, the
wife-sister narrative featuring Abraham and Abimelech, is a later
version of the Isaac version.
On this, see the scholarship, and, more specifically, on the Covenant of
Beer-sheba, see my study in ZAW 1989.
Yours,
--
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
Beit Berl Post Office 44905
Israel