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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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Eisenbrauns
Winona Lake, Indiana
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Series/Journal: | Coniectanea biblica. Old Testament series 0069-8954
62 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | 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 |
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| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| ISBN: | 1575067633 |