"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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Main Author: Bührer, Walter 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:German
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Published: Peeters [2017]
In: Biblica
Year: 2017, Volume: 98, Issue: 4, Pages: [481]-503
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Old Testament / Gilgamesh epic / Remembrance
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
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