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This study explicates the function of the Abraham narrative in its current position ahead of Jacob in Genesis by means of a comparison with the Period of the Three Kingdoms in ancient Korean history. After establishing the similarity between the two settings, I demonstrate how ancient Korean monarchic history sheds light on the specific function of the Abraham narrative in providing a narrative space in which Judeans found and expressed their new identity after the fall of northern Israel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article proposes that in Gen. 14-15 Abram is presented like the precursor of David. This point assumes the substitution in Psalms 105-106 of the Patriarchs and their descendants for the dynasty. In the reintegration of the Davidic dynasty in the perspective of salvation, David is presented as dependent on and continuous with Abram. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]