The Mythic Mind
Essays on Cosmology and Religion in Ugaritic and Old Testament Literature
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2005
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-84553-042-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book contains essays that explore various aspects of synthesis process of Israelites, historically and cosmologically, and commonly challenging views developed in the treatment of Israel in isolation. It focuses on the importance of the Ugaritic texts and Old Testament literature in Israel.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sheffield
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
750 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84553-042-6 (9781845530426)
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Nicolas Wyatt
The Mythic Mind
Essays on Cosmology and Religion in Ugaritic and Old Testament Literature
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The Mythic Mind
Essays on Cosmology and Religion in Ugaritic and Old Testament Literature
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Routledge
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The Mythic Mind
Essays on Cosmology and Religion in Ugaritic and Old Testament Literature
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04/2005
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Person
N. Wyatt holds a personal chair in Ancient Near Eastern Religions at the University of Edinburgh. He has previously taught at the Universities of Glasgow, Stirling, Ibadan and Paris and his recent publications include Religious Texts from Ugarit (Sheffield University Press, 1998 and 2002) and Space and Time in the Religious Life of the Ancient Near East (Sheffield University Press, 2001). A volume of essays on royal ideology in Ugarit and Israel will be published by Ashgate Press.
Content
1. The Problem of the 'God of the Fathers' 2. The Development of the Tradition in Exodus 3 3. The Significance of the Burning Bush 4. The Development of the Tradition in Exodus 3 5. Sea And Desert: Symbolic Geography in West Semitic Religious Thought 6. Symbols of Exile 7. Of Calves And Kings: The Canaanite Dimension in the Religion of Israel 8. The Darkness of Genesis 1.2 9. The Significance of Spin in West Semitic Thought: A Contribution to the History of a Mythological Motif 10. The Vocabulary and Neurology of Orientation: The Ugaritic and Hebrew Evidence 11. The Mythic Mind 12. 'Water, Water Everywhere...': Musings on the Aqueous Myths of the Near East 13. Androgyny in the Levantine World