Author: Danny MathewsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Major Motifs in the Pentateuchal Portrayal of Moses as a Proto-monarch
Author: Danny MathewsRoyal Motifs in the Pentateuchal Portrayal of Moses
Author: Danny MathewsPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 056711614X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Moses is portrayed through the use of royal motifs: his abandonment at birth, flight from Pharaoh, portrayal as shepherd, temple builder, military general, and lawgiver.
Narrative, Imagination and Concepts of Fiction in Late Antique Hagiography
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004685758
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This volume explores concepts of fiction in late antique hagiographical narrative in different cultural and literary traditions. It includes Greek, Latin, Syriac, Armenian, Persian and Arabic material. Whereas scholarship in these texts has traditionally focussed on historical questions, this book approaches imaginative narrative as an inherent element of the genre of hagiography that deserves to be studied in its own right. The chapters explore narrative complexities related to fiction, such as invention, authentication, intertextuality, imagination and fictionality. Together, they represent an innovative exploration of how these concepts relate to hagiographical discourses of truth and the religious notion of belief, while paying due attention to the various factors and contexts that impact readers’ responses.
Legendary Patterns in Late Antique Biography: The Parallel Lives of Ardashir I and Constantine the Great
Author: Matthew O’FarrellPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004523774
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In an examination of the legendary biographies of Constantine I and Ardashir I A Memorial in the World argues that the two share a literary heritage and that both were created to serve a similar purpose.
Dissertation Abstracts International
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
An Introduction to the Old Testament Pentateuch
Author: Herbert WolfPublisher: Moody Publishers
ISBN: 1575674424
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The Pentateuch--Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy--are the vital first books in the Bible. understanding the scope, meaning, and events of these five books is integral to understanding the whole of Scripture that follows. Old Testament expert Herbert Wolf provides layreaders and scholars alike with a strong undergirding of understanding and knowledge in this introduction that reveals both the seriousness and excitement of the Pentateuch. Readers will find Adam, Abraham, Joseph, Moses and Joshua in these pages, as well as terrible sin and glorious forgiveness, bloody sacrifices and battles, deadly betrayal and life-giving hope. Wolf first addresses the overarching themes that flow through the Pentateuch, with special attention given to Moses as author of the five books. He then addresses each book specifically, covering topics such as purpose and scope, and literary structure. He tailors additional study to each specific book. This book contributes significantly to a clear, deep understanding of the Bible's first five books.
The Moses Tradition
Author: George W. CoatsPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0567067084
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
These essays from the doyen of Moses studies focus on issues primarily in Pentatuchal/Hexateuchal research. The volume, containing several papers previously unpublished, forms a companion volume to Coats's 'Moses: Heroic Man, Man of God'. Together the two volumes comprise the whole of Coats's unique and wide-ranging investigations of the figure of Moses.
War, Memory, and National Identity in the Hebrew Bible
Author: Jacob L. WrightPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108480896
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Shows how biblical authors, like more recent architects of national identities, constructed identity in direct relation to memories of war.
The Cambridge Companion to Judaism and Law
Author: Christine HayesPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107036151
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to Judaism and Law provides a conceptual and historical account of the Jewish understanding of law.
Rider Haggard and the Imperial Occult
Author: Simon MagusPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004470247
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
In Rider Haggard and the Imperial Occult, Simon Magus explores the occult world of H. Rider Haggard through an analysis of his literary engagement with ancient Egypt, Romanticism and Theosophy.