Megan Warner, DTheol (2012), University of Divinity (Melbourne), is Teaching Fellow at King’s College London. She has published widely on Genesis and the Pentateuch and is the author of Abraham: A journey through Lent (SPCK, 2015).

"Warner's Monographie nimmt einen festen Platz in der Landschaft der Genesis-Forschung ein." - Urmas Nommick, in: Theologische Literaturzeitung, 2019

• Foreword by Mark G. BrettAcknowledgementsList of Tables1 The Deuteronomist in Genesis?A Brief Overview of the History of Proposals concerning Deuteronom(ist)ic Editing in GenesisOutline of the Present StudyThe Four Passages as Additional to Their ContextThe Four Passages as Deuteronom(ist)icThe Characterization of Text as Post-Deuteronomistic/Post-PriestlyStructure of the Book2 Land, People and TorahGen 26:1–11 The Ancestress in Danger – AgainGen 26:12–22 ‘Now Yahweh has Made Room for Us and We Shall be Fruitful in the Land’Gen 26:23–25 From There He Went Up to BeershebaGen 26:26–33 Abimelech and Isaac Exchange OathsGen 26:34–35 And They Caused Bitterness of Spirit for Isaac and RebekahGen 26:3–5 The Late AdditionReading Gen 26:3–5 in the Context of Genesis 26Final Observations3 The Heir in DangerGenesis 20 Ironies, Half-Truths and Flawed AssumptionsGen 21:1–7 The Birth of IsaacGen 21:8–12 The Expulsion of Hagar and IshmaelGen 21:22–34 Abimelech and Abraham Exchange OathsGen 22:1–14 The Binding of IsaacGen 22:15–18 The Late AdditionGen 22:19 So Abraham Returned to His Young Men …Reading in ContextFinal Observations4 Righteousness and JusticeGen 18:1–16 The VisitorsGen 18:17–19 The Additional PassageGen 18:20–22 ‘I Must Go Down and See’Genesis 19 Lot’s Hospitality and the Destruction of Sodom and GomorrahGen 18:23–33 Then Abraham Came NearReading in ContextFinal Observations5 ‘And He Believed Him’Preliminary ObservationsGen 15:1–6 DescendantsGen 15:7–21 LandReading Genesis 15 in ContextFinal Observations6 Re-Imagining Abraham: A Deuteronom(ist)ic Project?The Four Passages as a GroupRe-Imagining AbrahamRe-Imagining Abraham: A Democratizing ProjectRe-Imagining Abraham: Abraham as Future HopeRe-Imagining Abraham: Abraham and the NationsAre the Four Passages Deuteronom(ist)ic?If Not D, Then...?Final ObservationsSelect BibliographyIndex of Ancient Sources

Megan Warner, DTheol (2012), University of Divinity (Melbourne), is Teaching Fellow at King’s College London. She has published widely on Genesis and the Pentateuch and is the author of Abraham: A journey through Lent (SPCK, 2015).

"Warner's Monographie nimmt einen festen Platz in der Landschaft der Genesis-Forschung ein." - Urmas Nommick, in: Theologische Literaturzeitung, 2019

• Foreword by Mark G. BrettAcknowledgementsList of Tables1 The Deuteronomist in Genesis?A Brief Overview of the History of Proposals concerning Deuteronom(ist)ic Editing in GenesisOutline of the Present StudyThe Four Passages as Additional to Their ContextThe Four Passages as Deuteronom(ist)icThe Characterization of Text as Post-Deuteronomistic/Post-PriestlyStructure of the Book2 Land, People and TorahGen 26:1–11 The Ancestress in Danger – AgainGen 26:12–22 ‘Now Yahweh has Made Room for Us and We Shall be Fruitful in the Land’Gen 26:23–25 From There He Went Up to BeershebaGen 26:26–33 Abimelech and Isaac Exchange OathsGen 26:34–35 And They Caused Bitterness of Spirit for Isaac and RebekahGen 26:3–5 The Late AdditionReading Gen 26:3–5 in the Context of Genesis 26Final Observations3 The Heir in DangerGenesis 20 Ironies, Half-Truths and Flawed AssumptionsGen 21:1–7 The Birth of IsaacGen 21:8–12 The Expulsion of Hagar and IshmaelGen 21:22–34 Abimelech and Abraham Exchange OathsGen 22:1–14 The Binding of IsaacGen 22:15–18 The Late AdditionGen 22:19 So Abraham Returned to His Young Men …Reading in ContextFinal Observations4 Righteousness and JusticeGen 18:1–16 The VisitorsGen 18:17–19 The Additional PassageGen 18:20–22 ‘I Must Go Down and See’Genesis 19 Lot’s Hospitality and the Destruction of Sodom and GomorrahGen 18:23–33 Then Abraham Came NearReading in ContextFinal Observations5 ‘And He Believed Him’Preliminary ObservationsGen 15:1–6 DescendantsGen 15:7–21 LandReading Genesis 15 in ContextFinal Observations6 Re-Imagining Abraham: A Deuteronom(ist)ic Project?The Four Passages as a GroupRe-Imagining AbrahamRe-Imagining Abraham: A Democratizing ProjectRe-Imagining Abraham: Abraham as Future HopeRe-Imagining Abraham: Abraham and the NationsAre the Four Passages Deuteronom(ist)ic?If Not D, Then...?Final ObservationsSelect BibliographyIndex of Ancient Sources