L'eau, enjeux politiques et théologiques, de Sumer à la Bible /
This book investigates a corpus of royal inscriptions and literary texts, with special emphasis on those that are mythological and biblical, stretching over several millennia from the early days of Sumer to the Biblical period, in order to determine the ways in which the concept of water was used, i...
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Format: eBook
Language: French
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2009.
Series:
Vetus Testamentum, Supplements
131.
Vetus Testamentum Supplements Online, ISBN: 9789004264991.
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Call Number: DS71 .A58 2009
| Summary: | This book investigates a corpus of royal inscriptions and literary texts, with special emphasis on those that are mythological and biblical, stretching over several millennia from the early days of Sumer to the Biblical period, in order to determine the ways in which the concept of water was used, in particular the way it functions in the political and theological ideology of the time. Three literary motifs are the object of a careful study : the crossing of water, the flood and the water of abundance. Though their study shows diversity in evolution, transmission and reception, it appears that their function is common at the heart of the Mesopotamian political theology of royal mediation. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [613]-672) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789047441335 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |