Logic of Incest: A Structuralist Analysis of Hebrew Mythology - Brossura

Kunin, Seth Daniel

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ISBN 10: 0567449130 ISBN 13: 9780567449139

Casa editrice: Sheffield Academic Press, 2009

Riassunto

The myths of Genesis are the foundation for hundreds of texts written at later diachronically distinct and datable periods. Seven texts-Genesis itself, Genesis Rabbah, Pirke deRabbi Eliezer and mediaeval compilations-are examined here, with five interrelated questions in focus: Can structuralist theory be applied usefully to societies conscious of history and change? What is the relationship between continuity and trasformation as a mythological tradition develops diachronically? What role does diachronic development within a myth play in relation to its underlying structure? What is the synchronic structure of Israelite (or rather, biblical) myth? Are there identifiable patterns of transformation and continuity between biblical myth and the three diachronically distinct levels of rabbinic myth?

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Informazioni sull?autore

Professor Seth D. Kunin is the Director of Research in the College of Arts and Social Sciences of the University of Aberdeen. He received his PhD in Anthropology from the University of Cambridge.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Sheffield Academic Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0567449130
• ISBN 13: 9780567449139
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile