This book is the first comparative study of English, German, French, Russian, and Hungarian anti-proverbs based on well-known proverbs. Proverbs are by no means fossilized texts but are adaptable to different times and changed values. While anti-proverbs can be considered as var…
Main description: In this monograph the author examines the literary and formal interconnections between the Aramaic proverbs of Achikar The Wise, in their oldest, Ancient Aramaic versions originating from Egypt, and the Old Testament Wisdom Literature. It is thus the first exte…
Die Monografie widmet sich der literatur-, form- und gattungsgeschichtlichen Untersuchung des umfangreichsten in altaramäischer Sprache erhaltenen weisheitlichen Spruchkorpus. Die Papyri, auf denen sich die Sammlung in ihrer ältesten Traditionsstufe erhalten hat, wurden zu Begin…
Le volume commence par des définitions et des classifications de proverbes et une discussion de leur origine et de leur diffusion. Il traite ensuite de plusieurs proverbes représentatifs du monde entier. Le livre examine ensuite comment plusieurs proverbes sont apparus dans les …
Defines and classifies proverbs, and explores their occurrence in oral tradition, literature, art, and popular culture.
Defines and classifies proverbs, and explores their occurrence in oral tradition, literature, art, and popular culture.
1. An historical overview -- 2. Brevity -- 3. Wisdom -- 4. Authority -- 5. Thoughts and impressions -- 6. Enigma and paradox -- 7. Singularity and multiplicity -- 8. The aphorism today.
