Sleep, Divine and Human, in the Old Testament.
An original and absorbing monograph blending researches in several fields: semantics, archaeology, comparative ancient literature, symbolics and the social and religious dimensions of sleep as a concept. Many familiar texts are illuminated by this integrative approach.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Continuum International Pub. Group,
1987.
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Colección: | Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 LEXICAL STUDIES; Chapter 3 CULTURAL PATTERNS; Chapter 4 ISRAELITE UNDERSTANDINGS OF SLEEP; Chapter 5 SLEEP AND THE DIVINE; Chapter 6 DIVINE SLEEP; Chapter 7 CONCLUSION; Appendix A: Concordance by fields; Appendix B: Sleep field collocations; Appendix C: Other field collocations; Notes; Works Cited; Index of Old Testament References; Index of Authors.