Heroines, Heroes and Deity: Three Narratives of the Biblical Heroic Tradition
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- The Sacrifice of Jephthah's Daughter -- 1.1. The Sacrifice of Jephthah's Daughter and the Notion of ḥērem -- 1.2. Characters in the Narrative: Jephthah's Daughter as a Heroine -- 1.3. Foreign Rite or Israelit...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Kamrada, Dolores G., Heroines, heroes and deity] (2018) (Cason, Scott)
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| Series/Journal: | The Library of Hebrew Bible / Old Testament Studies
v.621 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Narration in the Bible
B Electronic books |
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Kamrada, Dolores G: Heroines, Heroes and Deity : Three Narratives of the Biblical Heroic Tradition. - London : Bloomsbury Publishing,c2016. - 9780567662378 |
| Summary: | Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- The Sacrifice of Jephthah's Daughter -- 1.1. The Sacrifice of Jephthah's Daughter and the Notion of ḥērem -- 1.2. Characters in the Narrative: Jephthah's Daughter as a Heroine -- 1.3. Foreign Rite or Israelite Rite? The Female Rite Construed within the Jephthah Cycle -- 1.4. Conclusion to Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Hairy Samson:The Function of the Hair Motif in the Samson Cycle -- 2.1. Samson: A Hero with Folklore and/or Mythological Characteristics 2.2. The Hair Motif and Connected Ideas in the Samson Cycle and Parallel Motifs in Folk Literature -- 2.3. The Hair Motif and Connected Ideas of the Samson Saga in the Light of Biblical and Other Parallels, and Their Possible Functions Within Biblical Systems -- 2.4. Summary and Conclusions to Chapter 2 -- 2.5. Jephthah's Daughter and Samson Within the Book of Judges -- Chapter 3 -- Urim and Thummim - Saul and David -- 3.1. The Basic Meaning Conveyed by the Urim and Thummim Ritual -- 3.2. The Oracles in 1 Samuel 14:37, 40-42 and 1 Samuel 28 -- 3.3. Saul and David -- 3.4. Conclusion to Chapter 3 Closing Reflections -- Bibliography -- Index of References -- Index of Authors |
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| ISBN: | 0567662373 |