This article offers a critical discussion of the revised Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 2. It reviews aspects of early Hebrew tradition like the sources (internal and external), the nature and historical status of the patriarchs, and the possible date of the patriarchs.
A place of worship between the fall and the exodus is called an altar. Chapter 2 gives an overview of how these altars functioned as places of God’s presence. Longman reflects on the altar law of Exodus 20: 24-26, the significance of the altars of Noah and the patriarchs (Genesis 12), and God’s special presence at these altars.
This map provides a picture of some of the travels of the patriarchs Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph through Canaan, as is recorded in Genesis.
