Reading Esther in the Levantine Literary Tradition
Esther shares a number of features with the Baal cycle, 1 Samuel 25, 2 Samuel 14, and 1 Kings 1-2. The similarities between these texts are not necessarily the result of direct literary influence or intentional allusion. I argue that these similarities instead stem from a common Levantine literary t...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Peeters
[2019]
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Biblica
Jahr: 2019, Band: 100, Heft: 3, Seiten: 321-338 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Bibel. Samuel 1. 25
/ Bibel. Samuel 2. 14
/ Bibel. Könige 1. 1-2
/ Keret-Epos
/ Baal-Mot-Epos
/ Aqhat-Epos
/ Rezeption
/ Bibel. Ester
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| RelBib Classification: | HB Altes Testament TC Vorchristliche Zeit ; Alter Orient |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Esther shares a number of features with the Baal cycle, 1 Samuel 25, 2 Samuel 14, and 1 Kings 1-2. The similarities between these texts are not necessarily the result of direct literary influence or intentional allusion. I argue that these similarities instead stem from a common Levantine literary tradition. All five texts make use of a literary element I term theplot-type. Moreover, the Baal cycle, 1 Kings 1-2, and Esther also make use of a particularplot-type. |
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| ISSN: | 2385-2062 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Biblica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/BIB.100.3.3286870 |