Hellenism and the primary history : the imprint of Greek sources in Genesis - 2 Kings /: the imprint of Greek sources in Genesis - 2 Kings. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert Karl Gnuse.
• Authors: Gnuse, Robert Karl, 1947-
• Contents: Introduction : An Intellectual Odyssey 1. A Hellenistic First Testament: The Views of Minimalist Scholars 2. Spilt Water: Tales of David in II Sam 23:13-17 and of Alexander the Great in Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander 6.26.1-3 3. Abducted Wives: A Hellenistic Narrative in the Book of Judges? 4. From Prison to Prestige: The Hero who helps a King in Jewish and Greek Literature 5. Divine Messengers in Genesis 18-19 and Ovid 6. Greek Connections: Genesis 1-11 and the Poetry of Hesiod 7. Genesis 1-11 and the Greek Historiographers Hecataeus of Miletus and Herodotus of Halicarnassus 8. Heed Your Steeds: Achilles’ Horses and Balaam’s Donkey 9. Samson and Heracles Revisited 10. The Sacrificed Maiden: Iphigenia and Jephthah’s Daughter 11. The Maximalist/Minimalist Debate over Historical Memory in the Primary History of the Old Testament
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 222.066; Greek literature -- Relation to the Old Testament; Greek literature, Hellenistic -- History and criticism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000164923; 9781000164886; 9781000164909; 9781003029434
• Related ISBNs: 9780367462468
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