Dolores G. Kamrada

Heroines, Heroes and Deity

Three Narratives of the Biblical Heroic Tradition

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Kamrada's study analyses three narratives concerning the greatest heroic figures of the biblical tradition: Jephthah's daughter, Samson and Saul, and includes a consideration of texts about King David. All three characters are portrayed as the greatest and most typical and exemplary heroes of the heroic era. All three heroes have an exceptionally close relationship with the deity all die a traditionally heroic, tragic death. Kamrada argues that within the Book of Judges and the biblical heroic tradition, Jephthah's daughter and Samson represent the pinnacle of female and male heroism respectively, and that they achieve super-human status by o… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-567-66238-5
EAN: 9780567662385
Produktnummer: 20262318
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 224 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 3'416 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Dolores Kamrada, (Ph.D., University of Vienna) is currently lecturer in Religious Studies at Pázmány Péter Catholic University (Budapest). She is the author of articles in the area of biblical heroic tradition and reception history of biblical texts.