Transforming Literature into Scripture: Texts as Cult Objects at Ninevah and Qumran
Transforming Literature into Scripture examines how the early textual traditions of ancient Israel - stories, laws, and rituals - were transformed into sacred writings. By comparing evidence from two key collections from antiquity - the royal library at Nineveh and the biblical manuscripts from the...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Routledge
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Hobson, Russell, 1974-, Transforming literature into scripture] (2017) (Jacobs, Sandra)
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| Series/Journal: | BibleWorld
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Dead Sea Scrolls
B Bible B Dead Sea Scrolls Relation to the Old Testament B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc B Canonical criticism B Bible Canonical criticism B RELIGION ; Judaism ; Sacred Writings B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc B Assyro-Babylonian literature Relation to the Old Testament B RELIGION ; Biblical Studies ; Old Testament B Bible. Old Testament Canonical criticism B Electronic books B Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Summary: | Transforming Literature into Scripture examines how the early textual traditions of ancient Israel - stories, laws, and rituals - were transformed into sacred writings. By comparing evidence from two key collections from antiquity - the royal library at Nineveh and the biblical manuscripts from the Dead Sea Scrolls - the book traces the stabilisation of textual traditions in the ancient Near East towards fixed literary prototypes. The study presents a new methodology which enables the quantification, categorisation and statistical analysis of texts from different languages, writing systems |
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| Item Description: | Index of Subjects. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-220) and indexes Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-220) and indexes |
| ISBN: | 1317544986 |