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The Dragon, the Mountain, and the Nations - An Old Testament Myth, Its Origins, and Its Afterlives

Inglese · Copertina rigida

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Informationen zum Autor Robert D. Miller II is Associate Professor of Old Testament at The Catholic University of America and Research Associate in the Department of Old Testament at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Klappentext Examines myths concerning dragons and dragon-slaying throughout proto-Indo-European cultures, ancient Near Eastern and Mesopotamian traditions, Indian mythology, and the Bible.The Dragon, the Mountain, and the Nations investigates the origins, manifestations, and meanings of a myth that plays a major role in the Hebrew Bible and a substantial role in the New Testament: the dragon-slaying myth.The dragon-slaying myth has a hoary ancestry, extending back long before its appearance in the Hebrew Bible, and a vast range, spanning as far as India and perhaps even Japan. This book is a chronicle of its trajectories and permutations. The target of this study is the biblical myth. This target, however, is itself a fluid tradition, responding to and reworking extrabiblical myths and reworking its own myths. In this study, Robert Miller examines the dragon and dragon-slaying myth throughout India, the proto-Indo-European cultures, and Iran, and among the Hittites as well as other ancient Near Eastern and Mesopotamian traditions, and then throughout the Bible, including Genesis, the Psalms, Daniel, and ultimately the New Testament and the book of Revelation. He shows how the myth pervades many cultures and many civilizations and that the dragon is always conquered, despite its many manifestations. In his conclusion, Miller points out the importance of the myth as a hermeneutic for understanding key parts of biblical literature. Zusammenfassung Examines myths concerning dragons and dragon-slaying throughout proto-Indo-European cultures! ancient Near Eastern and Mesopotamian traditions! Indian mythology! and the Bible.

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Autori Robert Miller, Robert D. Miller II
Editore Eisenbrauns publications
 
Lingue Inglese
Formato Copertina rigida
Pubblicazione 15.05.2018
 
EAN 9781575064796
ISBN 978-1-57506-479-6
Pagine 400
Serie Explorations in Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations
Categorie Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione

Religion, BIBLES / General, Old Testaments

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