The Bird and the Mountains: A Note on Psalm 11
This paper demonstrates that the bird and the mountains phrase in Ps 11:1 compares well with a common metaphor relating to siege warfare and military conquest found in Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions and considers the resulting implications.
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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| In: |
Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2017, Volume: 67, Issue: 3, Pages: 470-479 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Psalmen 11,1
/ Assyria
/ Royal inscription
/ Metaphor
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
| Further subjects: | B
Psalms
Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions
Siege warfare
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | This paper demonstrates that the bird and the mountains phrase in Ps 11:1 compares well with a common metaphor relating to siege warfare and military conquest found in Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions and considers the resulting implications. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5330 |
| Contains: | In: Vetus Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12341283 |