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Author Ashmon, Scott A

Title Birth annunciations in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Near East : a literary analysis of the forms and functions of the heavenly foretelling of the destiny of a special child / Scott A. Ashmon ; with a foreword by Nili S. Fox
Published Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 433 pages)
Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Abstract; Commendatory Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Statement of the Problem; Chapter 2: Explanation of Methodology; Chapter 3: Synchronic Examination of ANE Birth Annunciations; Chapter 4: Synchronic Examination of HB Birth Annunciations; Chapter 5: Comparison of ANE and HB Birth Annunciations' Forms and Functions; Chapter 6: Examination of Diachronic Issues; Chapter 7: Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Topics
Summary Ashmon puts forth a structural analysis of birth annunciations in the Hebrew Bible, and Ancient Near Eastern texts. By studying the topic in this way, the author shows a shared culture between Egyptian Hittite, Sumerian, Ugarit cultures and Biblical narratives. It explores an aspect of the Bible that has yet to be the subject of an extensive study. There have been numerous accounts of the birth annunciations of Jesus in the New Testament, but this is the first book to do a scholarly examination of the way prophecies about the birth of special children occur prior to Christ
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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SUBJECT Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Old Testament fast
Subject Childbirth in the Bible.
Childbirth in literature.
Childbirth -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Childbirth -- Middle East
Prophecy -- Judaism.
Prophecy -- Religious aspects
Fate and fatalism -- Religious aspects.
RELIGION -- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation -- Old Testament.
Childbirth
Childbirth in literature
Childbirth in the Bible
Childbirth -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
Fate and fatalism -- Religious aspects
Prophecy -- Judaism
Religion
SUBJECT Middle East -- Religion
Subject Middle East
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773418608
0773418601