The betrayal of Edom : remarks on a claimed tradition

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2016-09-30

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Becking, Bob

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Biblical and post-Biblical texts refer to the tradition of the betrayal of Edom. During the conquest the brother-nation of Edom would have betrayed Judah by choosing sides with the Babylonians. Historical and archaeological evidence for this ‘fact’ is absent or not convincing. It is argued that the occupation of Southern Judah by the Edomites in late Babylonian and/or Persian times would have been the source of this claimed tradition.

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Prof. Dr Bob Becking is participating in the research project, ‘Biblical Theology and Hermeneutics’, directed by Prof. Dr Andries G. van Aarde, Post Retirement Professor, Department of New Testament Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria.

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Judah, Babylonians, Betrayal of Edom, Biblical, Post-Biblical, Southern Judah

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Becking, B., 2016, ‘The betrayal of Edom: Remarks on a claimed tradition’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 72(4), a3286. http://dx.DOI. org/ 10.4102/hts.v72i4.3286.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57810

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