My Brother Esau Is a Hairy Man: Hair and Identity in Ancient Israel by Susan Niditch

My Brother Esau Is a Hairy Man: Hair and Identity in Ancient Israel

Susan Niditch

159 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The story of Jacob and Esau is told in the book of Genesis. With his mother's help, Jacob impersonates his hairy older twin by dressing in Esau's clothes and covering his own hands and the nape of his neck with the hairy hide of goats. Fooled by t...

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