"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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Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
Lingua: | Tedesco |
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Peeters
[2017]
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Biblica
Anno: 2017, Volume: 98, Fascicolo: 4, Pagine: [481]-503 |
(sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Bibel. Altes Testament
/ Gilgamesch-Epos
/ Commemorazione
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Notazioni IxTheo: | HB Antico Testamento TC Epoca precristiana |
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Riepilogo: | 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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Descrizione del documento: | "Antrittsvorlesung an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum vom 20.01.2016. Der Vortragstext wurd im Wesentlichen beibehalten, der Anmerkungsapparat aktualisiert |
ISSN: | 2385-2062 |
Comprende: | Enthalten in: Biblica
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15496/publikation-70980 DOI: 10.2143/BIB.98.4.3265682 HDL: 10900/129617 |