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Myths of Exile

History and Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible [Hardback]

by Anne Katrine Gudme, Denmark) Ingrid Hjelm (copenhagen University

    • Author

      Anne Katrine Gudme

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Taylor & Francis Ltd

    • Published

      June 2015

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    The Babylonian exile in 587-539 BCE is frequently presented as the main explanatory factor for the religious and literary developments found in the Hebrew Bible. The sheer number of both 'historical' and narrative exiles confirms that the theme of exile is of great importance in the Hebrew Bible. However, one does not do justice to the topic by restricting it to the exile in Babylon after 587 BCE. In recent years, it has become clear that there are several discrepancies between biblical and extra-biblical sources on invasion and deportation in Palestine in the 1st millennium BCE. Such discrepancy confirms that the theme of exile in the Hebrew Bible should not be viewed as an echo of a single traumatic historical event, but rather as a literary motif that is repeatedly reworked by biblical authors. Myths of Exile challenges the traditional understanding of 'the Exile' as a monolithic historical reality and instead provides a critical and comparative assessment of motifs of estrangement and belonging in the Hebrew Bible and related literature.
    Using selected texts as case-studies, this book demonstrates how tales of exile and return can be described as a common formative narrative in the literature of the ancient Near East, a narrative that has been interpreted and used in various ways depending on the needs and cultural contexts of the interpreting community. Myths of Exile is a critical study which forms the basis for a fresh understanding of these exile myths as identity-building literary phenomena.

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    • Author

      Anne Katrine Gudme

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Taylor & Francis Ltd

    • Published

      June 2015

    • Weight

      409g

    • Page Count

      188

    • Dimensions

      156 x 234 x 13 mm

    • ISBN

      9781138886896

    • ISBN-10

      1138886890

    • Eden Code

      4326534

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    • Author/Creator: Anne Katrine Gudme

    • ISBN: 9781138886896

    • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

    • Release Date: June 2015

    • Weight: 409g

    • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 13 mm

    • Eden Code: 4326534


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