Stories in Scripture and Inscriptions : Comparative Studies on Narratives in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions and the Hebrew Bible.

This book compares a variety of biblical narratives with the stories found in several Northwest Semitic inscriptions from the ancient kingdom of Judah and its contemporary Syro-Palestinian neighbors. In genre, language, and cultural context, these epigraphic stories are closer to biblicalnarratives...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Parker, Simon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Temas:
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Old Testament
Narration in the Bible.
Inscriptions, Semitic.
Middle Eastern literature > Relation to the Old Testament.
Narration dans la Bible.
Inscriptions sémitiques.
Littérature moyen-orientale > Relation avec l'Ancien Testament.
Inscriptions, Semitic
Middle Eastern literature > Relation to the Old Testament
Narration in the Bible
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book compares a variety of biblical narratives with the stories found in several Northwest Semitic inscriptions from the ancient kingdom of Judah and its contemporary Syro-Palestinian neighbors. In genre, language, and cultural context, these epigraphic stories are closer to biblicalnarratives than any other ancient Near Eastern narrative corpus. For the first time, Parker analyzes and appreciates these stories as narratives and sets them beside comparable biblical stories. He illuminates the narrative character and techniques of both epigraphic and biblical stories and in manycases revea.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (206 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-182) and indexes.
ISBN:9780195353822
019535382X
1280470135
9781280470134
0585304866
9780585304861

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