Unburning fame: horses, dragons, beings of smoke, and other Indo-European motifs in Ugarit and the Hebrew Bible

"In this book, Ola Wikander studies Indo-European influences in the literary world of the Hebrew Bible and the Ugaritic texts, tracing a number of poetic motifs and other concepts originating in the Indo-European linguistic milieux of the greater Ancient Near East (e.g., among Anatolians and in...

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Autor principal: Wikander, Ola 1981- (Author)
Tipo de documento: Recurso Electrónico Livro
Idioma:Inglês
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Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Publicado em: Eisenbrauns Winona Lake, Indiana 2017
Em:Ano: 2017
Coletânea / Revista:Coniectanea biblica. Old Testament series 0069-8954 62
Classificações IxTheo:HB Antigo Testamento
Outras palavras-chave:B Indo-European languages Influence on Semitic languages, Northwest
B Bible Language, style Bible
B Semitic languages, Northwest Influence on Indo-European
B Ugaritic literature Relation to the Old Testament
B Electronic books
Acesso em linha: Volltext (Verlag)
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Resumo:"In this book, Ola Wikander studies Indo-European influences in the literary world of the Hebrew Bible and the Ugaritic texts, tracing a number of poetic motifs and other concepts originating in the Indo-European linguistic milieux of the greater Ancient Near East (e.g., among Anatolians and in Indo-European traditions transmitted through Mitanni)--and possibly at earlier, reconstructible levels--as they influenced what became Northwest Semitic poetic culture. The methodology used is what Wikander refers to as "etymological poetics": the study of poetic and mythological structures as transmitted through specific lexical material. One of the motifs discussed is that of destroying heat being used as a metaphor for forgetting important cultural memories and, consequently, of the resilience of such memories being expressed as resistance to burning. Thus, bringing these ancient connections between Indo-European and Northwest Semitic culture into the open is, in a sense, showing their "Unburning Fame"--
Descrição do item:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed
ISBN:1575067633