Thinking of ancient texts as literature. Memory, narration, identity: Exodus as a political myth / Jan Assmann -- Narrative poetics and Hebrew narrative: a survey / Joachim Vette -- Is there a universal genre of "drama"? conjectures on the basis of "dramatic" texts in Old Testam…
"Encountering an ancient text not only as a historical source but also as a literary artifact entails an important paradigm shift, which in recent years has taken place in classical and Oriental philology. Biblical scholars, Egyptologists, and classical philologists have been pi…
"Encountering an ancient text not only as a historical source but also as a literary artifact entails an important paradigm shift, which in recent years has taken place in classical and Oriental philology. Biblical scholars, Egyptologists, and classical philologists have been pi…
This companion addresses a topic of continuing contemporary relevance, both cultural and literary. Offers both a wide-ranging exploration of the classical novel of antiquity and a wealth of close literary analysis. Brings together the most up-to-date international scholarship on…
