The Early Christian Reception of Genesis 18: From Theophany to Trinitarian Symbolism
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Heartfelt thanks to Michael Slusser for his valuable feedback on an earlier draft of this text. 1. Gerhard von Rad, Genesis: A Commentary (Philadelphia, PA: Westminster John Knox, 1973), 204; Gordon Wenham, Genesis 16–50 (Dallas: Word, 2002), 44: “according to traditional source analysis . . . chaps. 18–19 are almost pure J. More precisely, all of 18:1–19:38 except 19:29 (P) is conventionally ascribed to J.” See also John Skinner, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Genesis, 2d ed. (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1930), 298–99; Benjamin D. Sommer, The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009), 199 n.7; for an exceptionally thorough and insightful study of the religious context for the Mamre theophany, see Sommer, Bodies of God, 38–57, 198–213. The Early Christian Reception of Genesis 18: From Theophany to Trinitarian Symbolism
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