Shamanic Poetics: Isaiah and the Strangeness of Language

This essay examines the relationship between the biblical prophets and prophetic poetry in terms of the “shamanic complex.” First, a short characterization is given of the phenomenon of shamanism in archaic societies, shamanic techniques and alternate states of consciousness, as well as the social,...

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Main Author: Landy, Francis 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Religion & theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 27, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 1-14
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Jesaja 1 / Language / Poetics / Prophecy / Shamanism / Consciousness expansion
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BC Ancient Orient; religion
FA Theology
HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Hebrew Bible
B shamanis initiation
B alternate states of consciousness
B Shamanism
B shamanic poetics
B Old Testament prophecy
B First Isaiah
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