"Ich will mir einen Namen machen!": alttestamentliche und altorientalische Verewigungsstrategien
The paper shows the importance of a person’s name during his lifetime and especially post mortem: The name functions as a this-worldly form of post-mortem existence. Ancient people knew three forms of immortalization through name-making: 1) procreation, 2) outstanding deeds, and 3) inscriptions. The...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Allemand |
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| Publié: |
Peeters
[2017]
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| Dans: |
Biblica
Année: 2017, Volume: 98, Numéro: 4, Pages: [481]-503 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Bibel. Altes Testament
/ Gilgamesch-Epos
/ Commémoration
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| Classifications IxTheo: | HB Ancien Testament TC Époque pré-chrétienne |
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| Informations sur les droits: | InC 1.0 |
| Résumé: | The paper shows the importance of a person’s name during his lifetime and especially post mortem: The name functions as a this-worldly form of post-mortem existence. Ancient people knew three forms of immortalization through name-making: 1) procreation, 2) outstanding deeds, and 3) inscriptions. The paper presents different texts from Mesopotamia and the Old Testament in which humans (as well as God) try to establish an everlasting name for themselves (or for a certain person or group of people) through one or more of the mentioned strategies. |
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| Description: | "Antrittsvorlesung an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum vom 20.01.2016. Der Vortragstext wurd im Wesentlichen beibehalten, der Anmerkungsapparat aktualisiert |
| ISSN: | 2385-2062 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Biblica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15496/publikation-70980 DOI: 10.2143/BIB.98.4.3265682 HDL: 10900/129617 |