This study aims to discuss the formation of Israelite identity vis-à-vis the formation of the
Israelite monarchies (Israel, Judah), while highlighting its kinship association. In order to do …

Der folgende Aufsatz behandelt die Edom-Belege in Genesis und Numeri in vergleichender
Perspektive. Sowohl in der Genesis als auch in Numeri ist das Verhältnis zwischen „Edom …

The essay “Edom in the Jacob Cycle (Gen* 25–35): New Insights on Its Positive Relations
with Israel, the Literary-Historical Development of Its Role, and Its Historical Background (s)” …

This monograph is based on my Ph. D. dissertation written at Tel Aviv University under the
guidance of Prof. Israel Finkelstein and Prof. Benjamin Sass. I wish to thank both of them for …

The basic frame of this book was formulated through my postdoctoral project “Composition
and Redaction of the Wilderness Narratives (Exod 15: 22–18: 27; Num 10: 11–20: 29) in …

The article re-evaluates the role of Edom within the Jacob narrative and its formation
processes. The bulk of the narrative stems from the pre-exilic period, supposedly the 8th …

In this article I examine the relations between Jacob's putative oral story and the pre-Priestly
narrative. I argue that Hosea's prophecy presents the version of Jacob's oral story related in …

More than fifty years ago, James Kelso published his comprehensive book on the
excavations of Bethel that he conducted with William F. Albright during the years 1934 …

It has become increasingly clear that Numbers is the litmus test for new ideas relating to the
formation of the Pentateuch. At the same time the profusion of ideas has only resulted in a …

The article suggests that the unified Jacob-Esau-Laban story in Genesis 25, 27–33* was
composed in Judah in the late monarchical period. The two ethnic groups that took part in …