The unremembered dead: the non-burial motif in the Hebrew Bible

"The Unremembered Dead examines the motif of non-burial in the Hebrew Bible in its ancient Near Eastern contexts. Mansen proposes a new typology for analyzing references to post-mortem abuse and demonstrates the motif's variability of form and range of functions in both biblical and extra-...

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1. Verfasser: Mansen, F. Dorie (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Piscataway, NJ Gorgias Press [2018]
Schriftenreihe:Perspectives on Hebrew scriptures and its contexts 26
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Zusammenfassung:"The Unremembered Dead examines the motif of non-burial in the Hebrew Bible in its ancient Near Eastern contexts. Mansen proposes a new typology for analyzing references to post-mortem abuse and demonstrates the motif's variability of form and range of functions in both biblical and extra-biblical texts. Investigating the social and literary contexts in which the non-burial motif appears, Mansen establishes how gruesome threats functioned as deadly literary weapons within the biblical authors' ideologically-shaped rhetorical arsenal"...
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xii, 340 pages
ISBN:9781463206963

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