“Soul-Concepts” in Ancient Near Eastern Mythical Texts and Their Implications for the Primeval History

In an occidental perspective, influenced by classical Greek and Hellenist philosophy, the soul is the immaterial part of the human, which becomes, in its incorporeality, the immortal “remainder” of a person after his death. The comparaison of soul concepts (cf. Hasenfratz) in Ancient Near Eastern, E...

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Main Author: Bauks, Michaela 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2016, Volume: 66, Issue: 2, Pages: 181-193
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Urgeschichte (Bible) / Ancient Orient / Greece (Antiquity) / Soul
IxTheo Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
BE Greco-Roman religions
HB Old Testament
NBE Anthropology
Further subjects:B Anthropology creation anthropogony ancient Near East primeval history
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:In an occidental perspective, influenced by classical Greek and Hellenist philosophy, the soul is the immaterial part of the human, which becomes, in its incorporeality, the immortal “remainder” of a person after his death. The comparaison of soul concepts (cf. Hasenfratz) in Ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek archaic texts with the data of the Primeval History exhibits indeed a similar “concept of man” (anthropology), but a lesser elaborate concept of “souls” in the Biblical context.
ISSN:1568-5330
Contains:In: Vetus Testamentum
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12301251