INDEX

F designates a figure and T a table on the page cited (e.g., 45T indicates a table on page 45).

Aaron, 52-55, 56F, 59, 138n.l4

Abel, 5, 6, 73-74

Abram (later Abraham), 5, 8, 10-22, 12F, 24-27, 28-33, 38-39, 69-71, 72, 73, 77, 82, 85, 86, 98, 101-3, 104, 105-6, 119, 122, 124-25; alliance with Lot, 25-27

Adam, 4-5, 6, 73, 74

Agnatic segmentation, 106-7. See also Mobility; Genealogical material in Genesis, as social-political system; Patriarchal succession, points of discord

Alliance and segmentation stories, 85-92, 86F. See also Cultural themes; Matrimonial alliances

Anthropological studies: See Lévi-Strauss, Claude; Configurationalism; Kinship studies

Aramea, matrimonial alliances with, 13, 14, 30, 86, 106

Aristotle, 95-96, 110, 126

Babel, tower of, 73-74, 77, 83

Barrenness, as a curse, 72, 104, 115

Benedict, Ruth, 65-66, 96

Benjamin, 44-49, 53-54, 89-90

The Bible without Theology (Oden), 31

Biblical scholarship, 2-3, 10, 18, 22, 93-94, 138n.2; by anthropologists, 11, 22

Births, 17F, 20, 21F, 69-70. See also Life cycle reports; Tribal rank and succession

Blessings, 14, 46-52, 53-54, 55, 87, 103, 122

Bloch, Marc, 94

Buss, Martin, 3

Cain, 5, 6, 73-74, 77

Carmichael, Calum, ix, 3, 50, 88, 140n.26, 141nn.28, 29

Central marriage narratives, 104-7, 105F. See also Mythos, matrimonial alliances and

Chiastic reading, 20, 21F, 68-76, 70F, 78F. See also Cultural themes; Seven

Chomsky, Noam, 129

Circumcision, covenant of, 12, 15, 17, 24, 26-30, 31F, 32, 41, 42F, 69, 85, 137n.42

Coats, George, 3, 81, 97, 98, 99F, 104, 114, 140n.22, 141n.30

Configurationalism, 65-66, 96

Conflict resolution, justice in, 122-26, 123T. See also Ethos; Patriarchal succession

Conflict-separation narratives, 122-26, 123T. See also Alliance and segmentation stories

Creation story, 69-71, 72, 79

Cultural themes, 69, 71, 72, 79, 80F, 81-92, 86F, 104. See also Barrenness; Deception theme; Fruitfulness; Patriarchal wandering

Daube, David, ix, 2, 141n.28

Death and rebirth, 15, 68-75, 88. See also Cultural themes

Deaths, 17F, 20, 21F, 69-70. See also Life cycle reports

Deception theme, 72, 116, 120-21, 124, 125. See also Lineage, threats to continuity of; Withdrawn woman narratives

Deely, John, 128

Dinah, 101, 103, 106, 107, 109, 110, 116

Documentary hypothesis, 5, 20, 64, 134n.9, 138n.l

Edomite genealogy, 37, 39, 87

Elohist source. See Genesis, sources of

Ephraim, 46-49, 51, 120

Esau, 13, 14, 27, 29-30, 98, 107-8, 119-20, 124

Ethos, 96, 110-11, 112-13, 115-26. See also Configurationalism; Ideology; Mythos; Patriarchal succession

Exogamy and endogamy, 26, 32, 41-42, 56. See also Circumcision

“Explanation and Understanding” (Ricoeur), 129

Form critics and criticism, 63, 64, 68, 138n.l. See also Documentary hypothesis

Fruitfulness, as a sign of blessing, 51-52, 125-26

Frye, Northrop, 3

Gammie, John, 81

Genealogical material in Genesis: cycles in, 5-6, 80F, 82; functions of, 1-2; as social-political system, 1-2, 3-4, 8-16, 20, 22-27, 23F, 35, 41-43, 42F, 55-57, 56F, 59, 60-62, 65, 106-7; as theological system, 2, 4, 10-11, 20. See also Names and naming; Rights and legitimation; Tribal rank and succession; Territorial alliances; Women, social roles and status of

Genesis, 32-33, 61-62, 64, 65, 67-68, 81-82, 138n.l; and the law, 2, 32, 43-44, 46, 49-50, 139n.6; mythic aspect of, 10, 11, 32, 33, 42F, 61-62, 142n.4; as unified structure, 10-11, 64, 67-68, 76-93, 140n.22. See also Interpretation; Mishpatim; Mobility; Names and naming; Place names

—sources of: Elohist, 10, 18, 20, 134n.l6; Priestly, 4-8, 18, 20, 77, 134nn.l6, 19; Yahwist, 5, 6, 8, 10, 17, 18, 20, 134nn.l6, 17

Gottwald, Norman, 53, 55, 57, 119

Gunkel, Hermann, 3, 27, 64

Hagar, 13, 28-29, 84, 101-3, 122

Haran, 8, 133n.4

Ideology, 22, 24, 57. See also Ethos

Interpretation, 63-94, 129; cultural barriers to, 63, 66-67, 75-76, 126; textual changes and, 63-64, 139n.7; “theory of themes” and, 65-67. See also Metacritical commentary; Semiosis; Structural analysis

Isaac, 11, 13, 19, 24, 27-28, 29, 30, 38-39, 87, 98, 104, 105-6, 119

Ishmael, 12-13, 19, 20, 27-30, 84, 103, 119-20

Israel, 19, 24, 26, 29-33, 35, 41-44, 55-62, 82, 85, 87, 91, 103, 105, 110-11

Issachar, 45-49, 53-54, 56F

Jacob (later Israel), 11-16, 12F, 18-19, 24, 25, 27, 29-30, 37-39, 44-52, 77, 82, 87, 98, 103, 104-6, 114-15, 118, 119, 121, 122-24

Joseph, 19, 20, 46-49, 53, 55, 77, 78, 79-80, 82, 83, 84, 87, 89-90, 91-92, 98, 101-3, 107-9, 111, 115-16, 117-18, 119, 120, 125-26, 135n.27, 136n.40, 141n.30

Judah, 21-22, 26, 46, 55, 61-62, 79-80, 84, 88-90, 91-92, 98, 107, 109-11, 115, 118, 120, 121

Kinship studies, 11, 22, 24, 31-32, 40, 96-97, 133n.l, 135nn.28, 32; 136n.37, 137n.6. See also Anthropological studies

Kluckholn, Clyde, 65-66, 96

Laban, 114, 122-24

Langton, Stephen, 64, 65, 69, 76, 138n.2

Leach, E. R., 11, 16, 22, 134n.22

Leah, 44, 46, 49-55

Levi, 60, 90, 109, 110, 111, 117. See also Women, brother’s responsibility toward

Lévi-Strauss, Claude, 42, 65, 81, 95-96, 112, 128-29, 135n.24

Levirate rule, 109, 121. See also Mishpatim; Women, social roles and status of

Levite alliances, 52-60, 54F, 56F, 59F, 60F

Life cycle reports, 16-22, 17F, 21F, 26, 80F, 81

Lineage: threats to continuity of, 114F, 115-17, 143n.22; validation of, 114F, 119-21. See also Central marriage narratives; Ethos; Matrimonial alliances; Matrimonial relations; Patriarchal succession; Rights and legitimation

Lot, 8, 13, 14, 21-22, 25, 37, 69-71, 79-80, 84, 124-25; alliance with Abram, 25-27

Manasseh, 46-49, 51, 120

Matrimonial alliances, 24-27, 28F, 42F, 49-50, 88, 135n.23; and rank, 105-6, 107-10, 113. See also Kinship studies; Mythos, matrimonial alliances and; Territorial alliances

Matrimonial relations, 13-14; improprieties in, 20-22, 24, 26, 30, 46, 72, 74, 83, 84, 111, 115-16, 117, 118, 120, 125. See also Lot; Terahite genealogy, lineage patterns in

Metacritical commentary, ix, 2-3, 10, 33, 43, 65-67, 88. See also Chiastic reading; Interpretation; Kinship studies; Semiosis; Structural analysis

Metaphors, animal, 18, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50F, 52, 90

Milcah, 24

Mishpatim, rules in, 28-29, 49-50, 57, 89, 90-91, 141n.28

Mobility, patterns of, 8, 10, 11, 12F, 13-16, 14F, 38F, 40F, 100. See also Patriarchal wandering; Place names

Mythos, 95-96, 97-98; matrimonial alliances and, 40F, 42F, 86F, 98-112, 99F, 142n.l4. See also Ethos; Genealogical material in Genesis

Mythscapes, 34-43. See also Genesis, mythic aspect of; Place names

Nahor, 124-25

Names and naming, 1, 4, 8, 12, 13, 15, 18, 44, 50-52, 53. See also Genealogical material in Genesis; Place names; Transformations of the patriarchs; Tribal rank and succession

Narrative structure, effect on Genesis, 1, 5-6, 10, 15, 39-40, 67, 115. See also Genesis, mythic aspect of; Redaction process

Noah, 5, 6, 69, 74-75, 79, 140n.l8

Oden, Robert A., Jr., ix, 3, 22, 31, 35

Oedipus, 92, 111, 113, 116-17, 118, 121

Opler, Morris, 65-66

Outcast, mark of, 7, 73-74, 81

Outcast sons, 33, 119-20

Patriarchal authority, violations of, 90, 117-19. See also Ethos; Patriarchal succession

Patriarchal succession, 112-13, 114F; points of discord in, 33, 113-15, 135n.25, 141n.29. See also Rights and legitimation; Tribal rank and succession

Patriarchal wandering, 6, 84, 87, 89. See also Cultural themes; Mobility; Place names

Patte, Daniel, 3

Perez, 84, 121

Place names, 8, 22, 23F, 27, 28F, 29, 35-41, 36T, 38F, 40F, 133n.4; social and political implications of, 41-43. See also Genealogical material in Genesis, as social-political system; Patriarchal wandering

Political formations. See Genealogical material in Genesis, as social-political system

Priestly sources. See Genesis, sources of

Rachel, 44, 46, 49-55, 121

Rad, Gerhardt von, 27

Ranke, Leopold von, 34

Rebekah, 32-33, 115, 121

Redaction process, 10, 15, 18, 20, 27-28, 65, 67, 76, 79. See also Genesis, sources of

Redemption narratives, 103, 107-12, 108F, 113. See also Mythos, matrimonial alliances and

Rethinking Anthropology (Leach), 11

Rhetorical structures. See Chiastic reading; Genesis, as a unified structure; Interpretation

Ricoeur, Paul, 95, 129, 135n.24

Rights and legitimation, 1, 18-22, 24, 28-29, 61-62, 87. See also Patriarchal succession; Tribal rank and succession

Rites of passage, 17F, 24. See also Circumcision; Life cycle reports

Ruth, 113, 116, 121, 143n.22

Sarah, 28, 72, 101, 115

Sarai, 8, 12-13, 28-29, 85, 101, 103, 115, 122, 137n.41

Semiosis, 127-31. See also Interpretation; Metacritical commentary; Structural analysis

Seth, 6

Seven, as a structuring principle, 76-81, 78F, 80F

Shem, 4-5, 73-74

Shemite genealogy, 6-7, 16-22

Simeon, 90, 109, 110, 111, 117. See also Women, brother’s responsibility toward

Structural analysis: patterns revealed, 5, 7, 10-19, 20, 39-41, 40F, 46-49, 53, 86F, 93-94, 95-97, 103, 141n.31. See also Chiastic reading; Interpretation; Metacritical commentary; Semiosis; Seven

“The Structural Study of Myth” (Lévi-Strauss), 81, 128

Tamar, 21-22, 26, 84, 107, 109-11, 117, 118, 121

Terah, 5, 11, 19

Terahite genealogy, 6, 7-8, 8-10, 9F, 13, 24, 28F, 41, 42F; lineage patterns in, 24-27, 32-33, 136n.39, 137n.49

Territorial alliances, 55-60, 56F. See also Genealogical material in Genesis, as social-political system; Levite alliances

Territoriality. See Mythscapes; Place names

Themal analysis. See Cultural themes

Toledoth formula, 19, 68, 77, 79, 133n.3

Transformations of the patriarchs, 15, 24, 26, 27, 30, 77, 82, 88, 124, 137n.42. See also Circumcision

Tribal rank and succession, 43-55, 45T, 50F, 54F. See also Genealogical material in Genesis, as social-political system; Levite alliances; Patriarchal succession; Rights and legitimation; Territorial alliances; Women, social roles and status of

Twins, special status of, 118-19, 121

Vawter, Bruce, 27

Wilson, Robert, 2, 3, 6, 22

Withdrawn woman narratives, 101-4, 102F. See also Mythos, matrimonial alliances and

Women: brother’s responsibility toward, 109, 116; social roles and status of, 7-8, 13, 18, 25-27, 28-29, 28F, 30, 32-33, 35, 44, 45T, 46, 49-52, 50F, 82, 115-21. See also Exogamy and endogamy; Levirate rule; Matrimonial alliances; Matrimonial relations; Mishpatim; Mythos, matrimonial alliances and; Tribal rank and succession

Yahwist source. See Genesis, sources of

Zebulun, 45-49, 56F

Zerah, 121