Biblical Genealogies: A Form-Critical Analysis, with a Special Focus on Women

Hedda Klip, Ph.D. (2020 PThU) taught Old Testament and Hebrew at theological seminaries in Cameroon (1994-1998), Egypt (1998-2002) and Lebanon (2015, 2017-2019) and worked as a pastor in the reformed churches of Switzerland and the Netherlands, in different capacities. She is presently employed by the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and Tables1 Introduction1 Motivation2 On Biblical Genealogies3 History of the Interpretation of Genealogies4 Methodological Foreword and Research Question5 Genealogies and Source Criticism2 Genealogies in the PentateuchList of Pentateuchal Genealogies0 Descriptions of Patterns: An Overview1 Genealogy of Cain, Genesis 42 Genealogy of Adam, Genesis 53 Genealogy of the Sons of Noah, Genesis 104 Genealogy of Shem, Genesis 11:10–265 Genealogy of Terah. Genesis 11:27–326 Genealogy of Milcah, Genesis 22:20b–23 (24)7 Genealogy of Rebekah, Genesis 24:15 and 248 Genealogy of Keturah, Genesis 25:1–49 Genealogy of Ishmael, Genesis 25:12–1610 The Missing Genealogy of Isaac, Genesis 25:19, 2011 Three Genealogies of Esau, Genesis 36:1–1912 Genealogy of Seir, Genesis 36:20–3013 List of Israelites Coming to Egypt, Genesis 46:8–2714 List of Names of Sons of Reuben and Simeon, Genealogy of Levi, Exodus 6:14–2515 Short Backwards Genealogy of Bezalel, Exodus 31:2 and 35:3016 List of Israelites Leaving Egypt, Numbers 26:5–51; 57–6017 Backwards Genealogy of Manassite Women, Numbers 27:13 Genre Patterns in the Genealogies in the Pentateuch: Analysis & Conclusions1 Female Patterns2 The Passive Pattern3 The Qal Masculine Pattern4 The Hiphil Pattern5 The בְּנֵי Pattern & בְּנוֹת6 The Backwards Pattern7 Auxiliary Elements8 The Book of תּוֹלְדוֹת and the Structure of Genesis9 Conclusions4 Genealogies in Chronicles and Other BooksList of Genealogies in ChroniclesScattered Genealogies in the Other Books1 Structure and Function of the Genealogies in Chronicles2 From Adam to Abraham, I Chronicles 1:1–273 From Abraham to Judah, I Chronicles 1:28–I Chronicles 2:24 From Judah to David, I Chronicles 2:3–2:175 Other Sons of Hezron, I Chronicles 2:18–556 Genealogy of David: I Chronicles 3:1–9/II Samuel 3:2–57 Genealogy of Solomon: I Chronicles 3:10–24, King List and Descendants of Josiah8 Other Descendants of Judah: I Chronicles 49 Genealogies of Other Sons of Israel: I Chronicles 4:24– I Chronicles 510 Genealogies of Levi: I Chronicles 5:27–I Chronicles 611 Genealogies of Other Sons of Israel. Warlists: I Chronicles 712 The Benjaminites: I Chronicles 813 I Chronicles 914 Other Genealogies in Chronicles15 Scattered Genealogies in Other Books5 Genre Patterns in the Genealogies in Chronicles and in Other Books: An Analysis1 The Ancient Near Eastern Pattern2 The בְּנֵי Pattern3 The Qal Masculine Pattern4 The Passive Pattern5 Female Patterns6 The Hiphil Pattern7 The Backwards Pattern8 The אֲבִי/אֵם Pattern9 The בְּנוֹ Pattern10 Auxiliary Elements11 Conclusions6 Genealogies in the New Testament1 Genealogy in Matthew2 Genealogy in Luke3 The Genealogies in Matthew and Luke: A Comparison4 Conclusion and Summary5 Excursus: The Genealogies in Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum and Women7 Summary and Conclusions. Women in the Genealogies1 Conclusions on the Genre of Biblical Genealogies2 Daughters and Mothers in the Biblical Genealogies3 Conclusions on the Presence of Women in the Biblical Genealogies4 Biblical Genealogies. A Form-Critical Analysis, with a Special Focus on Women: A SummaryBibliographyIndex of Authors and Sources, Ancient and ModernIndex of Subjects