Stories of origins in the Bible and Ancient Mediterranean literature:

In this book, Guy Darshan explores stories of origins that lie at the heart of Pentateuchal sources in the context of literature created in neighboring societies of the ancient Mediterranean world. A comparative study, his volume analyses the parallels between Biblical origin stories - the narrative...

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Main Author: Darshan, Guy (Author)
Other Authors: Daṿidson, Ḥannah (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA Cambridge University Press 2023
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Summary:In this book, Guy Darshan explores stories of origins that lie at the heart of Pentateuchal sources in the context of literature created in neighboring societies of the ancient Mediterranean world. A comparative study, his volume analyses the parallels between Biblical origin stories - the narrative traditions arranged in geneaological sequence that recount the beginnings of humanity and origins of peoples -- in tandem with ancient Greek genealogical writings from the 7-5th centuries BCE onwards. He also considers Phoenician and Anatolian sources from the first millennium, several of which have only been published in recent years. This is the first scholarly study to trace the origins of this genre of narrative and the circumstances that led to appearances in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Mediterranean literature. It sheds new light on our knowledge of the history of literature, as well as the interconnections and interrelations between civilizations of the pre-Hellenistic eastern Mediterranean and Near East
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Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 333 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009344500
DOI:10.1017/9781009344500

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