02724nam 2200601Ia 450 991081313830332120230421044300.01-281-81407-597866118140760-567-18703-9(CKB)1000000000555386(EBL)436769(OCoLC)283799042(SSID)ssj0000261093(PQKBManifestationID)12048816(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000261093(PQKBWorkID)10224899(PQKB)10924532(MiAaPQ)EBC436769(Au-PeEL)EBL436769(CaPaEBR)ebr10250931(CaONFJC)MIL181407(OCoLC)893334427(EXLCZ)99100000000055538619980116d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe tragedy in history[electronic resource] Herodotus and the Deuteronomistic history /Flemming A.J. NielsenSheffield, Eng. Sheffield Academic Pressc19971 online resource (193 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;251Copenhagen international seminar ;4"Slightly revised edition of a 'speciale' delivered at the Copenhagen University in 1994".1-85075-688-0 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 HERODOTUS; Chapter 3 THE DEUTERONOMISTIC HISTORICAL WORK; Chapter 4 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of NamesIn 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 tJournal for the study of the Old Testament.Supplement series ;251.Copenhagen international seminar ;4.HistoriographyHistoriography.222.15Nielsen Flemming A. J758203MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813138303321The tragedy in history3972309UNINA