“Soul-Concepts” in Ancient Near Eastern Mythical Texts and Their Implications for the Primeval History
In an occidental perspective, influenced by classical Greek and Hellenist philosophy, the soul is the immaterial part of the human, which becomes, in its incorporeality, the immortal “remainder” of a person after his death. The comparaison of soul concepts (cf. Hasenfratz) in Ancient Near Eastern, E...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Vetus Testamentum |
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2016
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| In: |
Vetus Testamentum
Jahr: 2016, Band: 66, Heft: 2, Seiten: 181-193 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Urgeschichte (Bibel)
/ Alter Orient
/ Griechenland (Altertum)
/ Seele
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| RelBib Classification: | BC Altorientalische Religionen BE Griechisch-Römische Religionen HB Altes Testament NBE Anthropologie |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Anthropology
creation
anthropogony
ancient Near East
primeval history
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| Zusammenfassung: | In an occidental perspective, influenced by classical Greek and Hellenist philosophy, the soul is the immaterial part of the human, which becomes, in its incorporeality, the immortal “remainder” of a person after his death. The comparaison of soul concepts (cf. Hasenfratz) in Ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek archaic texts with the data of the Primeval History exhibits indeed a similar “concept of man” (anthropology), but a lesser elaborate concept of “souls” in the Biblical context. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5330 |
| Enthält: | In: Vetus Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12301251 |