Brotherhood and Inheritance

Bradford A. Anderson (PhD, Durham University) is Tutor in Religious Studies at Mater Dei Institute of Education, a college of Dublin City University.

• Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Esau and Edom in the History of Biblical Interpretation; Chapter 3 - Beginnings: Oracle, Birth and Birthright (Genesis 25:19-34); Chapter 4 - Genesis 27: The Blessing of Jacob and Esau; Chapter 5 - Genesis 32-33: The Reunion of Jacob and Esau; Chapter 6 - Genesis 36: The Genealogy of Esau; Chapter 7 - Esau in Genesis: Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 8 - Deuteronomy's Portrayal of the Sons of Esau and the Edomites; Chapter 9 - Edom in Obadiah and the Prophets; Chapter 10 - Esau and Edom in Malachi 1:2-5; Chapter 11 - Edom in the Prophetic Corpus: Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 12 - Conclusion: The Relationship of the Esau and Edom Traditions and the Implications for Election Theology; Bibliography.

Brotherhood and Inheritance is a commendable and original theological study on the interpretations surrounding the tradition of Esau and Edom; in various ways, it also goes beyond that, asking valid questions concerning literary motifs—such as election, possession, land, and blessing—that permeate an important part of the literature of the ancient Near East.The author should be credited for the amount of scholarship involved, as well as for providing readers with a thorough textual study. Finally, as is usually the case with volumes in the LHBOTS series, the book has been meticulously and satisfactorily edited.