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Autore: |
Kunin Seth Daniel
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Titolo: |
The logic of incest : a structuralist analysis of Hebrew mythology / / Seth Daniel Kunin
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Pubblicazione: | Sheffield, Eng., : Sheffield Academic Press, c1995 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina: | 221.8306877 |
222/.11068 | |
Soggetto topico: | Ethnology in the Bible |
Genealogy in the Bible | |
Jewish mythology | |
Structural linguistics | |
Incest - Religious aspects | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 MYTH AND THEORY; Chapter 2 ISRAELITE 'IDEALIZED' ETHNOGRAPHY; Chapter 3 ABRAHAM; Chapter 4 ISAAC; Chapter 5 JACOB; Chapter 6 JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS; Chapter 7 CREATION; Chapter 8 THE STRUCTURE OF GENEALOGIES IN GENESIS; Chapter 9 THE STRUCTURE OF RABBINIC THOUGHT (A); Chapter 10 THE STRUCTURE OF RABBINIC THOUGHT (B); Chapter 11 THE STRUCTURE OF HEBREW THOUGHT; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors |
Sommario/riassunto: | The myths of Genesis are the foundation for hundreds of texts written at later diachronically distinct and datable periods. Seven texts-Genesis itself, Genesis Rabbah, Pirke deRabbi Eliezer and mediaeval compilations-are examined here, with five interrelated questions in focus: Can structuralist theory be applied usefully to societies conscious of history and change? What is the relationship between continuity and trasformation as a mythological tradition develops diachronically? What role does diachronic development within a myth play in relation to its underlying structure? What is the synch |
Titolo autorizzato: | The logic of incest ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-281-80367-7 |
9786611803674 | |
0-567-27172-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910809907703321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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