Stories of Origins in the Bible and Ancient Mediterranean Literature
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication date:
- 23 December 2023
- 07 December 2023
- ISBN:
- 9781009344500
- 9781009344487
- Dimensions:
- (229 x 152 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 0.647kg, 356 Pages
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Book description
In this book, Guy Darshan explores stories of origins that lie at the heart of Pentateuchal sources in the context of literature created in neighboring societies of the ancient Mediterranean world. A comparative study, his volume analyses the parallels between Biblical origin stories – the narrative traditions arranged in geneaological sequence that recount the beginnings of humanity and origins of peoples -- in tandem with ancient Greek genealogical writings from the 7–5th centuries BCE onwards. He also considers Phoenician and Anatolian sources from the first millennium, several of which have only been published in recent years. This is the first scholarly study to trace the origins of this genre of narrative and the circumstances that led to appearances in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Mediterranean literature. It sheds new light on our knowledge of the history of literature, as well as the interconnections and interrelations between civilizations of the pre-Hellenistic eastern Mediterranean and Near East.
Reviews
‘Guy Darshan has taken time to research his argument thoroughly and think hard about the challenges one faces when crossing cultural and disciplinary boundaries in the ancient world.… a significant work of interdisciplinary scholarship from which classicists stand to benefit a great deal.’
Johannes Haubold Source: Scripta Classica Israelica
‘Guy Darshan is to be thanked for seeking to broaden our horizons, both geographically and figuratively.’
Adrian Curtis Source: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
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