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1 online resource |
| Series |
Coniectanea biblica. Old Testament series, 0069-8954 ; 62 |
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Coniectanea biblica. Old Testament series ; 62.
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| Contents |
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Preamble: The Semitic and Indo-European Language Families, and Possible Arenas of Interaction; 3. Horse and Plow: Case Studies in Technological Indo-European/Hebrew Vocabulary; 4. Biblical Chaos Dragons-and Indo-European Ones; 5. Beings of Smoke: Terms for Living Breath and Humanity in Indo-European, Ugaritic and Hebrew-and Remarks on Fatlings and Merciful Bodies; 6. When Jeroboam Divided his God; 7. Dagan/Dagon as a Possibly Indo-European-Derived Name, and Some Methodological Questions Raised by Religio-Historical Etymology |
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8. Strangers, Boundary-Crossers, and Young Predators in Hebrew and Indo-European: gwr, *h3erbh-, and ḫabiru9. Fame that does not Burn: The Verb ṯkḥ, the Drought Motif, Indo-European *dhgwhei-, and Etymological Poetics; 10. Dragons Returning Home: The "Pizza Effect"; 11. In Conclusion; 12. Abbreviations; 13. Bibliography; 14. Index of Personal Names; 15. Index Locorum |
| 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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Old Testament -- Language, style
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
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Ugaritic literature -- Relation to the Old Testament.
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Indo-European languages -- Influence on Semitic languages, Northwest
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Semitic languages, Northwest -- Influence on Indo-European.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings.
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Language and languages -- Style
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Semitic languages, Northwest -- Influence on Indo-European
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Ugaritic literature -- Relation to the Old Testament
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017000062 |
| ISBN |
9781575067636 |
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1575067633 |
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