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"Our Father Isaac": Reading the Sahidic Testament of Isaac in an Egyptian Monastic Context
<p>This dissertation argues that the textual community of fourth or fifth century monastic Egypt read <em>Testament of Isaac</em> as an ascetical regimen in order to transform themselves into children of Isaac. <em>T. Isaac</em> highlights three particular dimensions of Isaac's character from the …
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Old Testament characters as Christological witnesses in the Fourth Gospel
… scholarly arguments, the main function of these patriarchs is to undergird the messianic identity of Jesus. Chapter 3 concerns Elijah in early Judaism and John. The eschatological expectation of Elijah in the former period is marked by his militant subjugation of the gentiles along with the …