Logic of Incest: A Structuralist Analysis of Hebrew Mythology - Couverture souple

Kunin, Seth Daniel

 
9780567449139: Logic of Incest: A Structuralist Analysis of Hebrew Mythology
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ISBN 10 : 0567449130 ISBN 13 : 9780567449139
Editeur : Sheffield Academic Press, 2009

Synopsis

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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À propos de l?auteur

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.

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Éditeur
Sheffield Academic Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0567449130
ISBN 13 
9780567449139
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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