| The Tragedy in History: Herodotus and the Deuteronomistic History Contributor(s): Nielsen, Flemming A. J. (Author), Mein, Andrew (Editor), Camp, Claudia V. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1850756880 ISBN-13: 9781850756880 Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press OUR PRICE: $257.40 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General - History | Ancient - Greece |
| Dewey: 938.03 |
| LCCN: 98103667 |
| Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.87 lbs) 251 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this challenging new work, Nielsen compares Herodotus with Old Testament historiography as represented by the so-called Deuteronomistic History. He finds in the Old Testament evidence of a tragic form like that encountered in Herodotus's Histories. Nielsen begins by outlining Herodotus's Greek context with its roots in Ionic natural philosophy, the epic tradition and Attic tragedy, and goes on to analyse in some detail the outworking of the Herodotean tragedy. Against that background, the Deuteronomistic History is to be viewed as an ancient Near Eastern historiographic text in the tragic tradition. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mein, Andrew: - Andrew Mein is Tutor in Old Testament, Westcott House, Cambridge. Camp, Claudia V.: - Claudia V. Camp is Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University, USA and was on the steering committee of the Seminar. She is currently co-general editor of the LHBOTS series, as well as the author or editor of 4 books and numerous articles. |