Birth annunciations in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Near East : a literary analysis of the forms and functions of the heavenly foretelling of the destiny of a special child

Responsibility
Scott A. Ashmon ; with a foreword by Nili S. Fox.
Imprint
Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012.
Physical description
1 online resource (vi, 433 pages)

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Creators/Contributors

Author/Creator
Ashmon, Scott A.

Contents/Summary

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • 1. Synchronic Examination of Ancient Near Eastern Birth Annunciations--
  • 2. Egypt, Ugarit, Hatti, Sumer--
  • 3. Synchronic Examination of Hebrew Bible Birth Annunciations--
  • 4. Isaac and Ishmael - Genesis-- 5 Jacob, Esau, Samson, Solomon--
  • 6. Mission Tour Participants--
  • 7. Comparison of Ancient Near Eastern and Hebrew Bible.
  • (source: Nielsen Book Data)
Summary
This is the first book to do an extended comparative study of birth annunciations in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Mythology. This book takes a structural approach to the Heberw bible and Near Eastern Mythology by compraring and contrasting the various forms and functions. Birth annunciations play an important role in each of these narratives and the author claims that there is a textural overlap to be studied.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

Bibliographic information

Publication date
2012
ISBN
9780773418608 (electronic bk.)
0773418601 (electronic bk.)
9780773426313
0773426310
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