The story of Tobit: a comparative literary analysis
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1 Tobiah and Odysseus -- Chapter 1 The Return to the Family Affections -- 1 The Reasons behind a Comparison -- 2 Tobiah's Return Home (Tob 11:1-18) -- 3 The Return of Odysseus to Ithaca -- Chapter 2 The νόσ...
| Σύνοψη: | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1 Tobiah and Odysseus -- Chapter 1 The Return to the Family Affections -- 1 The Reasons behind a Comparison -- 2 Tobiah's Return Home (Tob 11:1-18) -- 3 The Return of Odysseus to Ithaca -- Chapter 2 The νόστος in Tobit between Greek Epic and Hellenistic Novel -- 1 The νόστος of Tobiah and Odysseus -- 2 Epic in the Hellenistic Age: Apollonius of Rhodes -- 3 The Greek Novel -- Chapter 3 Homeric Echoes in Tobit? -- 1 The Exegetical Problem -- 2 Starting Points for a Comparison -- 2.1 Similarities in the Literary Structure -- 2.2 Similar Themes -- 2.2.1 The Journey in the Remote Regions of the East -- 2.2.2 The Dangers and the Unexpected Events of the Journey -- 2.2.3 The World of Family Connections -- 2.2.4 Conjugal Love -- 2.3 Common Narrative Elements -- 2.3.1 The Father-Son Relationship -- 2.3.2 The Dog of the Protagonist -- 2.3.3 Divine Intermediaries -- 2.3.4 Tears -- 2.3.5 Drug and Magic Elixirs -- 2.3.6 Blindness -- 3 The Homeric Contribution -- Part 2 Tobit and Job -- Chapter 4 An Ancient Legend -- Chapter 5 Provocation and Response -- 1 Tobit, the Right Man as a Victim of Misfortune -- 2 Job, the Right Man Put to the Test -- Chapter 6 Looking for the Original Tale -- 1 Similar Themes -- 1.1 Wealth -- 1.2 Blindness -- 1.3 Family -- 1.4 Angelology -- 1.5 The Image of God -- 2 Convergences in the Structure of the Accounts -- 2.1 Historical Frame -- 2.2 The Structure of a Drama -- 2.3 The Reader -- 2.4 The Typology of the Tests -- 2.5 Evil Spirit -- 2.6 Heartfelt Prayer -- 2.7 The Request for Death -- 2.8 Words of Blessing -- Chapter 7 Two Different Solutions -- 1 A Pain that Saves -- 2 The Perspective of Faith -- Chapter 8 Pain, Tribulation, and Suffering -- Part 3 Tobit and Aḥiqar -- Chapter 9 Aḥiqar and the Story of Tobit -- 1 The Literary Problem. |
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| Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Φυσική περιγραφή: | 1 online resource (273 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-51945-9 |
