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

• Autore: Nielsen Flemming A. J
• Pubblicazione: Sheffield, Eng., : Sheffield Academic Press, c1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 222.15
• Soggetto topico: Historiography
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The tragedy in history
• ISBN: 1-281-81407-5; 9786611814076; 0-567-18703-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453070703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 251.; Copenhagen international seminar ; ; 4.