Prof. Yitzhak (Itzik) Peleg is Professor (Emeritus) of Bible Studies at the Gordon Academic College, Haifa, Israel. He was the Chair of the Department of Bible and Jewish Culture at Beit Berl Academic College and the editor of MOED, Annual for Jewish Studies. Peleg holds a Ph.D. in Bible from Bar-Ilan University, and is the author of לך לך: מסעי האבות בסיפורי המקרא [‘Go Forth’: The Forefathers’ Journeys in Bible Stories] (Resling, 2013); Going Up and Going Down: A Key to Interpreting Jacob’s Dream (Bloomsbury, 2015); "And You Shall Tell Your Son" – Identity and Belonging as Shaping by the Jewish Holidays (Academic Studies Press, Boston, 2022).
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Jacob’s vision of angels of God going up and down is an allegory, a mise en abyme for the patriarchs’ journey to and from the land, and should be understood as a counterpart to YHWH’s reassurance to Jacob that he will return (Genesis 28:15).
Jacob’s vision of angels of God going up and down is an allegory, a mise en abyme for the patriarchs’ journey to and from the land, and should be understood as a counterpart to YHWH’s reassurance to Jacob that he will return (Genesis 28:15).
The book begins with Jonah running away and ends with YHWH rebuking the prophet, but the book is unclear as to whether Jonah ever repents. Why?
The book begins with Jonah running away and ends with YHWH rebuking the prophet, but the book is unclear as to whether Jonah ever repents. Why?
