No. 1 (2016)
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Wrestling with God: Stories of Initiation in the Old Testament and Some Asian Parallels

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  • Randolf Flores
Randolf Flores
Divine Word School of Theology, Tagaytay City (Philippines)
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Published 2016-12-02

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Flores, R. (2016). Wrestling with God: Stories of Initiation in the Old Testament and Some Asian Parallels. Orientis Aura: Macau Perspectives in Religious Studies, (1), 65–76. Retrieved from https://journals.usj.edu.mo/index.php/orientisaura/article/view/7

Copyright (c) 2016 Randolf Flores

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Abstract

This study will discuss the following Old Testament texts: Gen 32:23-32; Jon 1:17; Tob 6:1-9; and Exod 4:24-26 and will argue that these are about the initiation of a person to do a divine mission. Some parallels from Asia—Epic Gilgamesh, texts from Tibetan Buddhism, Hinduism, and the Philippine epic, Biag ni Lam-ang will also be taken into consideration to shed light on them. It will also present their interpretation as typoi of the sacraments of initiations found in early Christian literature and art.

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