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Author Ashmon, Scott A.

Title Birth annunciations in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Near East : a literary analysis of the forms and functions of the heavenly foretelling of the destiny of a special child / Scott A. Ashmon ; with a foreword by Nili S. Fox.

Publication Info. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 433 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Ashmon puts forth a structural analysis of birth annunciations in the Hebrew Bible, and Ancient Near Eastern texts. By studying the topic in this way, the author shows a shared culture between Egyptian Hittite, Sumerian, Ugarit cultures and Biblical narratives. It explores an aspect of the Bible that has yet to be the subject of an extensive study. There have been numerous accounts of the birth annunciations of Jesus in the New Testament, but this is the first book to do a scholarly examination of the way prophecies about the birth of special children occur prior to Christ.
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Subject Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Old Testament.
Childbirth in the Bible.
Childbirth in the Bible.
Childbirth in literature.
Childbirth in literature.
Childbirth -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Childbirth -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Childbirth -- Middle East.
Childbirth.
Middle East.
Prophecy -- Judaism.
Prophecy -- Judaism.
Prophecy -- Religious aspects.
Prophecy.
Fate and fatalism -- Religious aspects.
Fate and fatalism -- Religious aspects.
Middle East -- Religion.
Religion.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Ashmon, Scott A. Birth annunciations in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Near East. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012 9780773426313 (DLC) 2012024307 (OCoLC)785065824
ISBN 9780773418608 (electronic book)
0773418601 (electronic book)
9780773426313
0773426310