The general information presented will allow for a more elaborate analysis of this biblical passage in the term paper. The future close reading of Genesis 16 will provide a comparison of the Yahwist, Priestly, and Elohist source. Additionally, the final paper will establish a comparative approach between the birth of Ishmael in the Torah and the birth of Ismael in the Quran. The approach will function as a means of establishing commonalities and distinctions between these two texts, respectively. Lastly, secondary sources will be introduced in order to assist in determining arguments surrounding vocabulary, characters, and themes. A more extensive analysis of these sources will ensue in the research paper. This first paper will answer the fundamental questions: Who? What? Where? When? Why? The final paper will expand on these answers with much greater detail. At all times, the biblical text will remain the anchor for
The general information presented will allow for a more elaborate analysis of this biblical passage in the term paper. The future close reading of Genesis 16 will provide a comparison of the Yahwist, Priestly, and Elohist source. Additionally, the final paper will establish a comparative approach between the birth of Ishmael in the Torah and the birth of Ismael in the Quran. The approach will function as a means of establishing commonalities and distinctions between these two texts, respectively. Lastly, secondary sources will be introduced in order to assist in determining arguments surrounding vocabulary, characters, and themes. A more extensive analysis of these sources will ensue in the research paper. This first paper will answer the fundamental questions: Who? What? Where? When? Why? The final paper will expand on these answers with much greater detail. At all times, the biblical text will remain the anchor for