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University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons ScholarlyCommons Departmental Papers (NELC) Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC) 1992 Folklore in the Ancient Near East Folklore in the Ancient Near East Dan Ben-Amos University of Pennsylvania, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/nelc_papers Part of the Biblical Studies Commons, Cultural History Commons, Folklore Commons, History of Religion Commons, Jewish Studies Commons, Near and Middle Eastern Studies Commons, and the Oral History Commons Recommended Citation (OVERRIDE) Recommended Citation (OVERRIDE) Ben-Amos, D. (1992) Folklore in the Ancient Near East. In The Anchor Bible Dictionary, volume 2, pp. 818-828. Yale University Press. This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/nelc_papers/132 For more information, please contact [email protected].
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University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania

ScholarlyCommons ScholarlyCommons

Departmental Papers (NELC) Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC)

1992

Folklore in the Ancient Near East Folklore in the Ancient Near East

Dan Ben-Amos University of Pennsylvania, [email protected]

Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/nelc_papers

Part of the Biblical Studies Commons, Cultural History Commons, Folklore Commons, History of

Religion Commons, Jewish Studies Commons, Near and Middle Eastern Studies Commons, and the Oral

History Commons

Recommended Citation (OVERRIDE) Recommended Citation (OVERRIDE) Ben-Amos, D. (1992) Folklore in the Ancient Near East. In The Anchor Bible Dictionary, volume 2, pp. 818-828. Yale University Press.

This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/nelc_papers/132 For more information, please contact [email protected].

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Folklore in the Ancient Near East Folklore in the Ancient Near East

Abstract 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

Disciplines Disciplines Biblical Studies | Cultural History | Folklore | History of Religion | Jewish Studies | Near and Middle Eastern Studies | Oral History

This book chapter is available at ScholarlyCommons: https://repository.upenn.edu/nelc_papers/132

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