Thesis
Historical allusions in the Pesharim
- Alternative title:
- a systematic attempt to determine their credibility and to identify the principal historical characters
- Abstract:
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As the title indicates, this work has two related objectives. The first is to determine whether the literary conventions of the pesher genre deprive the "historical allusions" of any significance. In other words, do the allusions refer to real events and characters, or are they simply symbols or allegories. The second objective follows closely upon the first. Once the historical nature of the allusions is demonstrated, we proceed to investigate the consequences of that demonstration in on...
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- Publication date:
- 1978
- DOI:
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Language:
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English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
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td:602351343
- Source identifiers:
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602351343
- Deposit date:
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2013-10-21
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- Copyright holder:
- O'Donnell, Kevin
- Copyright date:
- 1978
- Notes:
- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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