Beyond Abrahamism : a fresh reading of the Tanakh traditions respecting Lot, Moab and Ammon

Using the case of Israel's attitude towards her eastern neighbours, the Moabites and Ammonites, as portrayed in Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible, this thesis explores the way in which a religious community establishes its sense of identity and its boundaries in relation to other groups. Tanakh exhibits a dialectic between eirenic and hostile viewpoints.