The logic of incest : a structuralist analysis of Hebrew mythology / / Seth Daniel Kunin
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| Autore: |
Kunin Seth D (Seth Daniel), <1961->
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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: | 9786611803674 |
| 9781281803672 | |
| 1281803677 | |
| 9780567271723 | |
| 0567271722 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910956204903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 185.