Abraham meets death : narrative humor in the Testament of Abraham / / Jared W. Ludlow
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| Autore: |
Ludlow Jared W.
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| Titolo: |
Abraham meets death : narrative humor in the Testament of Abraham / / Jared W. Ludlow
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [2002] |
| ©2002 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 229/.914 |
| Soggetto topico: | Wit and humor in the Bible |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-201) and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 DOES THE TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM BELONG TO A GENRE? HUMOR IN THE TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM; Chapter 3 CHARACTERIZATION OF ABRAHAM; Chapter 4 CHARACTERIZATION OF MICHAEL; Chapter 5 CHARACTERIZATION OF DEATH; Chapter 6 THE PLOT OF THE TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM; Chapter 7 COMPARISON OF THE GREEK MANUSCRIPTS; Chapter 8 CONCLUSION; Appendix 1 FIFTY-FOUR NARRATIVE UNITS OF THE TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM; Appendix 2 CITATIONS OF THE THREE MANUSCRIPT FAMILIES; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J |
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| Sommario/riassunto: | This book examines the narratives of the two Greek recensions of the Testament of Abraham. The genre, characterization, and plot of each recension are discussed and then compared. Ludlow illustrates that Recension A used comedy and humour to give a sophisticated treatment of death, the figure death, and judgment and mercy. Through a careful comparison of narrative elements and vocabulary correspondences between the manuscripts of each recension, he discusses a possible transmission model for the recensions, concluding that Recension A, written in comic form, preceded Recension B. Recension B t |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Abraham meets death |
| ISBN: | 0-567-29439-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910464284003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Library of the Second Temple series.
Journal for the study of the Pseudepigrapha. . -Supplement series ; ; 41.