| Description |
1 online resource (370 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series,
0309-0787 ;
131
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 131.
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| Note |
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Edinburgh, 1988. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-370). |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Sources Used in the Index; PART ONE; A. The Entire Body; B. The Skin and the Flesh; C. The Body Divided; D. The Head and the Skull; E. The Hair and the Beard; F. The Face; G. The Eyes; H. The Nose; I. The Mouth; J. The Ears; K. The Neck and Throat; L. The Torso; M. The Back and the Shoulders; N. The Breast; O. The Arms; P. The Hands; Q. The Stomach and the Waist; R. The Buttocks; S. The Genitals; T. The Legs; U. The Feet; V. The Internal Parts; W. The Blood; PART TWO; 1. Abnormality, Deformity or Disability as a Result. |
| Summary |
A vigorous imagination is the principal source for many of the abnormalities of fictional characters. Many of the motifs also bear some relation to the rituals and religious symbols embraced by the people among whom they are or were at one time, current. Another important source can be found in symbolism of a religious or social kind. This motif-index is the first to present and analyse this material in biblical narrative and post-biblical literature down to the twelfth century CE; it lists all possible abnormalities, deformities and disabilities, arranged according to the parts of the body af. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Bible. A.T. -- Critique, interprétation, etc. |
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Abnormalities, Human, in the Bible.
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Abnormalities, Human, in the Bible. |
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Abnormalities, Human, in rabbinical literature.
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Abnormalities, Human, in rabbinical literature. |
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Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism.
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Rabbinical literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Holden, Lynn. Forms of deformity. Sheffield : JSOT Press, ©1991 185075327X 9781850753278 (DLC) 92111983 (OCoLC)27109710 |
| ISBN |
9780567322784 (electronic book) |
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0567322785 (electronic book) |
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185075327X |
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9781850753278 |
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