Symbolic inversion in death : some examples from the Old Testament and the ancient Near Eastern world

dc.contributor.author	Kruger, Paul Albertus
dc.date.accessioned	2008-11-22T06:30:15Z
dc.date.available	2008-11-22T06:30:15Z
dc.date.issued	2005
dc.description.abstract	Symbolic inversion is a widespread cultural phenomenon, the earliest examples of which can be traced back to the cultures of the ancient Near East. Symbolic inversion (mundus inversus) relates to those forms of expressive behaviour which invert commonly accepted social codes. One such area in the ancient Near Eastern and Old Testament world where this phenomenon manifested itself prominently is in the conception of life after death: life after death is often conceived as the direct inverse of what is customary in ordinary life.	en
dc.description.uri	http://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1525162	en
dc.identifier.citation	Kruger, PA 2005, 'Symbolic inversion in death : some examples from the Old Testament and the ancient Near Eastern world', Verbum et Ecclesia, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 382-397. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_verbum.html]	en
dc.identifier.issn	1609-9982
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/8052
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria	en
dc.rights	Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria	en
dc.subject	Ancient Near East	en
dc.subject	Modus inversus
dc.subject.lcsh	Symbolic inversion
dc.subject.lcsh	Future life -- Biblical teaching
dc.title	Symbolic inversion in death : some examples from the Old Testament and the ancient Near Eastern world	en
dc.type	Article	en