| Description |
1 online resource (370 pages) |
| Series |
Vetus Testamentum, Supplements, 145 |
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Vetus Testamentum, Supplements, 145
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| Contents |
List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two Incubation in the Ancient Near East; Chapter Three The Incubation Type-Scene: A Working Definition; Chapter Four How Danî'ilu Was Blessed with a Son?: The Incubation Type-Scene in KTU 1.17 I-II; Chapter Five How Kirta Was Blessed with a Son?: The Incubation Type-Scene in KTU 1.14 I-1.15 III; Chapter Six How Hannah Was Blessed with a Son?: The Incubation Type-Scene in 1 Samuel 1:1-2:11; Chapter Seven Summary; Bibliography; Author and Subject Index |
| Summary |
Prior studies of incubation have approached it from a history of religions perspective, with a view to historically reconstruct the actual practice of incubation in ancient Near East. However, this approach has proven unfruitful, not due to the dearth of relevant data, but because of the confusion with regard to the definition of the term incubation. Suggesting a way out of this impasse in previous scholarship, this book proposes to read the so-called incubation texts from the perspective of incubation as a literary device, namely, as a type-scene. It applies Nagler 's definition of a type-sce |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-365) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hannah (Biblical figure)
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Hannah (Biblical figure) |
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Aqhat epic. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86066968
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Bible. Samuel, 1st, I, 1-II, 11 -- Criticism, Narrative
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Bible. Samuel, 1st, I, 1-II, 11 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Keret epic. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88103022
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Aqhat epic fast |
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Keret epic fast |
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Incubation (Religion)
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Mythology, Ugaritic.
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Typology (Theology)
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Ugaritic literature -- History and criticism
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Ugaritic literature -- Relation to the Old Testament.
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typology.
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RELIGION -- Reference.
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Incubation (Religion)
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Mythology, Ugaritic
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Typology (Theology)
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Ugaritic literature
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Ugaritic literature -- Relation to the Old Testament
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004207516 |
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9004207511 |
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1283161427 |
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9781283161428 |
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