“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...
| Publié dans: | Vetus Testamentum |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2016
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| Dans: |
Vetus Testamentum
Année: 2016, Volume: 66, Numéro: 2, Pages: 181-193 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Urgeschichte (Bibel)
/ Alter Orient
/ Grèce antique (Antiquité)
/ Âme
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| RelBib Classification: | BC Religions du Proche-Orient ancien BE Religion gréco-romaine HB Ancien Testament NBE Anthropologie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Anthropology
creation
anthropogony
ancient Near East
primeval history
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Résumé: | 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 |
| Contient: | In: Vetus Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12301251 |