A world turned on its head in ancient Near Eastern prophetic literature: A powerful strategy to depict chaotic scenarios

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dc.contributor.authorKruger P.A.
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-12T08:19:48Z
dc.date.available2012-04-12T08:19:48Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThis contribution argues that the notion of inversion often functions as a key literary principle in the repertoire of some ancient Near Eastern (Mesopotamian and Syro-Palestinian) "prophetic" scenarios of chaos: the world of chaos is portrayed as the direct reverse of the ideal world. Selected examples from Mesopotamia (e.g. the Marduk Prophecy) and Syro-Palestine (the Balaam inscription and various passages from the Hebrew Bible) are offered to illustrate this idea. © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands 2012.
dc.identifier.citationVetus Testamentum
dc.identifier.citation62
dc.identifier.citation1
dc.identifier.citation58
dc.identifier.citation76
dc.identifier.issn424935
dc.identifier.other10.1163/156853311X613764
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20557
dc.subject"Chaosbeschreibungen"
dc.subjectdivine absence
dc.subjecthuman wickedness
dc.subjectinversion
dc.titleA world turned on its head in ancient Near Eastern prophetic literature: A powerful strategy to depict chaotic scenarios
dc.typeArticle
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