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ISBN:
Category : Aqhat epic
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Tale of Aqhat
Author: The Aqhat Narrative
Author: Kenneth T. AitkenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aqhat epic
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings
Author: Tremper Longman IIIPublisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830817832
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
Tremper Longman III and Peter E. Enns edit this collection of 148 articles by over 90 contributors on Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Lamentations, Ruth and Esther.
Ritual in Narrative
Author: David Pearson WrightPublisher: Eisenbrauns
ISBN: 1575060469
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Ugaritic ritual texts are varied and, by nature, problematic. But another source for ritual understanding is found in the narrative writings of Ugarit--namely, its myths and legends. Ritual texts in myths were not simply textual inserts but an integral part of the narrative. This present study is devoted to the examination of the way that ritual functions within the context of these stories.
Silhouettes of Scripture
Author: David B. SchreinerPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793651051
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Silhouettes of Scripture investigates biblical texts by a nuanced methodology that fuses the contextual approach with elements of form-criticism, featuring discussions rooted in triggers and convergences. This methodologically constructive work investigates well-known examples through fresh eyes and new ones with thought-provoking results.
Religions of the Ancient World
Author: Sarah Iles JohnstonPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674015173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
This groundbreaking, first basic reference work on ancient religious beliefs collects and organizes available information on ten ancient cultures and traditions, including Greece, Rome, and Mesopotamia, and offers an expansive, comparative perspective on each one.
Doctrine of the Priesthood Vol 8 No. 1 - New Light on the Ancient Hebrew/Christian Doctrine on Deity — Part 1
Author: Publisher: Collier's Publishing
ISBN: 9780934964661
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Poetic Heroes
Author: Mark S. SmithPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802867928
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Warfare exerts a magnetic power, even a terrible attraction, in its emphasis on glory, honor, and duty. In order to face the terror of war, it is necessary to face how our biblical traditions have made it attractive -- even alluring. In this book Mark Smith undertakes an extensive exploration of "poetic heroes" across a number of ancient cultures in order to understand the attitudes of those cultures toward war and warriors. Smith examines the Iliad and the Gilgamesh; Ugaritic poems commemorating Baal, Aqhat, and the Rephaim; and early biblical poetry, including the battle hymn of Judges 5 and the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan in 2 Samuel 1. Smith's Poetic Heroes analyzes the importance of heroic poetry in early Israel and its disappearance after the time of David, building on several strands of scholarship in archaeological research, poetic analysis, and cultural reconstruction.
'Like 'Ilu Are You Wise'
Author: H. H. HardyPublisher: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
ISBN: 1614910766
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
This volume honors Dennis G. Pardee, Henry Crown Professor of Hebrew Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago and one of the preeminent experts in Northwest Semitic languages and literatures, particularly Ugaritic studies. The thirty-seven essays by colleagues and former students reflect the wide range of Professor Pardee's research interests and include, among other topics, new readings of inscriptions, studies of poetic structure, and investigations of Late Bronze Age society.
Dress, Adornment, and the Body in the Hebrew Bible
Author: Laura QuickPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198856814
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Dress, Adornment, and the Body in the Hebrew Bible is the first monograph to treat dress and adornment in biblical literature in the English language. It moves beyond a description of these aspects of ancient life to encompass notions of interpersonal relationships and personhood that underpin practices of dress and adornment. Laura Quick explores the ramifications of body adornment in the biblical world, informed by a methodologically plural approach incorporating material culture alongside philology, textual exegesis, comparative evidence, and sociological models. Drawing upon and synthesizing insights from material culture and texts from across the eastern Mediterranean, the volume reconstructs the social meanings attached to the dressed body in biblical texts. It shows how body adornment can deepen understanding of attitudes towards the self in the ancient world. In Quick's reconstruction of ancient performances of the self, the body serves as the observed centre in which complex ideologies of identity, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and social status are articulated. The adornment of the body is thus an effective means of non-verbal communication, but one which at the same time is controlled by and dictated through normative social values. Exploring dress, adornment, and the body can therefore open up hitherto unexplored perspectives on these social values in the ancient world, an essential missing piece in understanding the social and cultural world which shaped the Hebrew Bible.
