Edom, Israel's Brother and Antagonist

The subject of the present book is the theme of Edom in the Old Testament. In the four long oracles against Edom (Isa. 34, Jer. 49.7-22, Ezek. 35, Obadiah), this nation serves as Israel''s antagonist and the representative of the enemy nations. Edom also appears in the book of Genesis: Jacob''s brother Esau is the patriarch of the Edomites and Esau himself is called Edom as well (Gen. 25-36). Alth...