The bird and the mountains: a note on Psalm 11
This paper demonstrates that the bird and the mountains phrase in Ps 11:1 compares well with a common metaphor relating to siege warfare and military conquest found in Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions and considers the resulting implications.
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| description | This paper demonstrates that the bird and the mountains phrase in Ps 11:1 compares well with a common metaphor relating to siege warfare and military conquest found in Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions and considers the resulting implications. |
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| spelling | nottingham-374412020-05-04T18:39:13Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37441/ The bird and the mountains: a note on Psalm 11 Quine, Cat This paper demonstrates that the bird and the mountains phrase in Ps 11:1 compares well with a common metaphor relating to siege warfare and military conquest found in Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions and considers the resulting implications. Brill 2017-03-27 Article PeerReviewed Quine, Cat (2017) The bird and the mountains: a note on Psalm 11. Vetus Testamentum, 67 (3). pp. 470-479. ISSN 1568-5330 Psalms; Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions; Siege warfare http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15685330-12341283 doi:10.1163/15685330-12341283 doi:10.1163/15685330-12341283 |
| spellingShingle | Psalms; Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions; Siege warfare Quine, Cat The bird and the mountains: a note on Psalm 11 |
| title | The bird and the mountains: a note on Psalm 11 |
| title_full | The bird and the mountains: a note on Psalm 11 |
| title_fullStr | The bird and the mountains: a note on Psalm 11 |
| title_full_unstemmed | The bird and the mountains: a note on Psalm 11 |
| title_short | The bird and the mountains: a note on Psalm 11 |
| title_sort | bird and the mountains: a note on psalm 11 |
| topic | Psalms; Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions; Siege warfare |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37441/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37441/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37441/ |