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1 online resource (xv, 193 pages). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Supplements to the Vetus Testamentum,
0083-5889 ;
v. 118
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Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 118.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-179) and indexes. |
Contents |
Preface; Abbreviations and Short References; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Animal Imagery as a Literary and Artistic Device; Chapter 3: Paradoxical Juxtaposition of Animal Imagery and Social Categories; Chapter 4: Animals as Models for Human Society; Conclusion; Appendix A: Animal Imagery as a Hermeneutical Tool for Analyzing the Conceptual Polarity in Qoheleth; Appendix B: A New Criterion for Identifying "Wisdom Psalms"; Bibliography; Index of Scriptural and other Ancient References; Index of Animals; Index of Subjects. |
Summary |
Any treatment of the figurative and symbolic function of animal imagery in biblical literature requires special attention to its contextual meaning and cultural evaluation. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Bible. Proverbs -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Proverbs. |
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Bible. Proverbs -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Bible. Proverbs. |
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Sprichwörter (Bibel) |
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Sprichwörter <Bibel>. |
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Symbolism in the Bible.
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Symbolism in the Bible. |
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Animals in the Bible.
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Animals in the Bible. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Forti, Tova. Animal imagery in the book of Proverbs. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008 (DLC) 2007047585 |
ISBN |
9789047423621 (electronic book) |
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9047423623 (electronic book) |
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9789004162877 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004162879 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004162877.i-196 |
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