Israel In Prophecy

Last Name

HAYWARD

First Name

Robert

Title

Interpretations of the Name Israel in Ancient Judaism and Some Early Christian Writings: From Victorious Athlete to Heavenly Champion

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Year

2005

Group

GHT2

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Contents:

• The Hebrew bible and Jacob's change of name
• Jacob's change of name and LXX
• Days without number: Jacob, Israel, and Ben Sira
• Jacob becomes Israel: the story as told by the book of Jubilees
• The one who sees God: Israel according to Philo of Alexandria
• The name Israel, Philo, and the prayer of Joseph
• Jacob becomes Israel: the account of Flavius Josephus
• Jacob's change of name expounded in rabbinic texts
• New Testament engagements
• Some patristic approaches to the name Israel.