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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813138303321

Autore

Nielsen Flemming A. J

Titolo

The tragedy in history [[electronic resource] ] : Herodotus and the Deuteronomistic history / / Flemming A.J. Nielsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, Eng., : Sheffield Academic Press, c1997

ISBN

1-281-81407-5

9786611814076

0-567-18703-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 251

Copenhagen international seminar ; ; 4

Disciplina

222.15

Soggetti

Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Slightly revised edition of a 'speciale' delivered at the Copenhagen University in 1994".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 HERODOTUS; Chapter 3 THE DEUTERONOMISTIC HISTORICAL WORK; Chapter 4 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Names

Sommario/riassunto

In this challenging new work, Nielsen compares Herodotus with Old Testament historiography as represented by the so-called Deuteronomistic History. He finds in the Old Testament evidence of a tragic form like that encountered in Herodotus's Histories. Nielsen begins by outlining Herodotus's Greek context with its roots in Ionic natural philosophy, the epic tradition and Attic tragedy, and goes on to analyse in some detail the outworking of the Herodotean tragedy. Against that background, the Deuteronomistic History is to be viewed as an ancient Near Eastern historiographic text in the tragic t