Document Type
Book Chapter
Date of this Version
1992
Publication Source
The Anchor Bible Dictionary
Volume
2
Start Page
818
Last Page
828
Abstract
This article will examine how the concept of "folklore" has been applied to the literature of the ANE.
A. Terminology
B. Comparative Method
1. Comparison with Ancient Cultures
2. Comparison with Postbiblical Literatures
3. Comparison with Islamic Cultures in the Near East
4. Cross-cultural Comparison
5. Comparison of Forms
6. Morphological Studies
7. Poetic Comparison
C. Ethnographic Method
1. Themes and Figures
2. Genres
3. Transmission of Tradition
D. Folklore and the Biblical Text
Copyright/Permission Statement
© 1992. Yale University Press. The original volume is available for purchase at: https://www.amazon.com/Anchor-Yale-Bible-Dictionary-D-G/dp/0300140029
Recommended Citation
Ben-Amos, D. (1992) Folklore in the Ancient Near East. In The Anchor Bible Dictionary, volume 2, pp. 818-828. Yale University Press.
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Date Posted: 01 December 2017