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Author Nielsen, Flemming A. J.

Title The tragedy in history : Herodotus and the Deuteronomistic history / Flemming A.J. Nielsen.

Publication Info. Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, [1997]
©1997
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Description 1 online resource (192 pages).
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Series Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 251
Copenhagen international seminar ; 4
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 251.
Copenhagen international seminar ; 4.
Note "Slightly revised edition of a 'speciale' delivered at the Copenhagen University in 1994"--Page 8.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-180) and indexes.
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.
Summary 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.
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Subject Bible. Old Testament -- Historiography.
Bible. Old Testament.
Historiography.
Herodotus. History.
Herodotus.
Herodotus.
Herodotus, 484 B.C.?- History.
Hérodote. Histoires.
Hérodote.
Bible. A.T. Livres historiques -- Historiographie.
Bible. Old Testament.
History (Herodotus)
Historiography.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Nielsen, Flemming A.J. Tragedy in history. Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1997 1850756880 9781850756880 (DLC) 98103667 (OCoLC)38212852
ISBN 9780567187031 (electronic book)
0567187039 (electronic book)
9781850756880
1850756880

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