Abraham and Nimrod in the Shadow of Zarathustra
The article focuses on a rabbinic story which tells the casting of Abraham into a fiery furnace by Nimrod and provides insights that reimagines and reconfigures the Nietzschean figure of Zarathustra in Late Antiquity. Topics covered include how the authors of the rabbinic narrative used a diverse ar...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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| In: |
The journal of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 95, Issue: 1, Pages: 35-50 |
| Further subjects: | B
ZOROASTER, 660 B.C.-583 B.C
B ABRAHAM (Biblical patriarch) B Rabbis B Religions B Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | The article focuses on a rabbinic story which tells the casting of Abraham into a fiery furnace by Nimrod and provides insights that reimagines and reconfigures the Nietzschean figure of Zarathustra in Late Antiquity. Topics covered include how the authors of the rabbinic narrative used a diverse array of Greek sources related to the figure of Zarathustra and how the intersections of the early biographies of Abraham and Zarathustra sparked the imagination of pre-Islamic authors. |
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| ISSN: | 1549-6538 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/678533 |
