Rozonoer, Anna2025-02-242025-02-242022Verbum Vitae, 2022, T. 40, nr 2, s. 375-385.2451-280X1644-8561https://theo-logos.pl/handle/123456789/28390Artykuł w języku angielskim.Modern critical reception characterizes patriarch Isaac as a particular character type: the schlemiel. This article provides a tour through the cumulative evidence for this comedic read, focusing on Genesis 27, the blessing of Jacob. It provides a revised narratological and literary context, arguing that Isaac’s fivefold questioning demonstrates not confusion, but awareness: he knows exactly which son is in front of him. The paper presents an alternative narratological and literary context for Isaac, framing his questions in terms of the editing process: a synchronic reading of Isaac’s acumen is corroborated by evidence from diachronic reading. The redaction history of the Isaac material in chapter 26 yields a number of points suggesting the dependence of the Abraham material on the Isaac narrative. A number of features indicate a stronger, less subordinate Isaac figure based on the earlier tradition revealed by a complex transmission history than the image arising from the mainstream synchronic reading of chapter 27 seems to depict.enCC-BY-ND - Uznanie autorstwa - Bez utworów zależnychbiblical interpretationpatriarchal narrativeshistory of receptionIsaacBook of GenesispatriarchsBibleOld Testamentbiblical studiesexegesisbiblical exegesistheologybiblical theologyIsaac in Genesis 27diachronicitysynchronicitydiachronic readingsynchronic readinginterpretacja biblijnanarracje patriarchalnehistoria recepcjiIzaakKsięga RodzajupatriarchowieBibliaPismo ŚwięteStary Testamentbiblistykaegzegezaegzegeza biblijnateologiateologia biblijnaIzaak w Rdz 27Rdz 27diachroniasynchronialektura diachronicznalektura synchronicznaThe Portrait of Isaac in Genesis 27: Between Synchronic and Diachronic Readings of Patriarch’s CharacterArticle