Transforming Literature into Scripture: Texts as Cult Objects at Ninevah and Qumran
Transforming Literature into Scripture examines how the early textual traditions of ancient Israel - stories, laws, and rituals - were transformed into sacred writings. By comparing evidence from two key collections from antiquity - the royal library at Nineveh and the biblical manuscripts from the...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
| Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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London
Routledge
2014
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| In: | Anno: 2014 |
| Recensioni: | [Rezension von: Hobson, Russell, 1974-, Transforming literature into scripture] (2017) (Jacobs, Sandra)
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| Periodico/Rivista: | BibleWorld
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| Altre parole chiave: | B
Dead Sea Scrolls
B Bible B Dead Sea Scrolls Relation to the Old Testament B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc B Canonical criticism B Bible Canonical criticism B RELIGION ; Judaism ; Sacred Writings B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc B Assyro-Babylonian literature Relation to the Old Testament B RELIGION ; Biblical Studies ; Old Testament B Bible. Old Testament Canonical criticism B Electronic books B Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Riepilogo: | Transforming Literature into Scripture examines how the early textual traditions of ancient Israel - stories, laws, and rituals - were transformed into sacred writings. By comparing evidence from two key collections from antiquity - the royal library at Nineveh and the biblical manuscripts from the Dead Sea Scrolls - the book traces the stabilisation of textual traditions in the ancient Near East towards fixed literary prototypes. The study presents a new methodology which enables the quantification, categorisation and statistical analysis of texts from different languages, writing systems |
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| Descrizione del documento: | Index of Subjects. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-220) and indexes Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-220) and indexes |
| Descrizione fisica: | Online Ressource (241 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1317544986 |