Schicksalsbestimmende Kommunikation
Sprachliche, gesellschaftliche und religiose Aspekte hethitischer Fluch-, Segens- und Eidesformeln
by Birgit Christiansen
Hardback (Published)
(January 2013)
ISBN: 9783447061742
6.65 x 9.49 inches
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Linguistic, social and religious aspects of Hittite curse, blessing and oath formulas constitute in the Hittite culture as well as other cultures of antiquity a strong component of various official and ritualized situations and find their written expression in, among other places, treaties, oaths of loyalty, instructions, ritual prescriptions, and letters. Through their binding and fate-sealing power they serve to establish and strengthen the norms between and against people and gods. In this monograph the Hittite evidence within its particular context is investigated, through which the linguistic as well as social and religious aspects are considered.
Sprachliche, gesellschaftliche und religiose Aspekte hethitischer Fluch-, Segens- und Eidesformeln bilden in der hethitischen Kultur ebenso wie in anderen Kulturen des Altertums einen festen Bestandteil verschiedener offizieller und ritualisierter Situationen und finden in dieser Form ihren schriftlichen Niederschlag unter anderem in Staatsvertragen, Treueiden, Instruktionen, Ritualvorschriften und Briefen. Durch ihre bindende und schicksalsbestimmende Kraft dienen sie dazu, Normen unter und gegenuber Menschen und Gottern zu etablieren und zu festigen. In dieser Monographie werden die hethitischen Belege innerhalb ihrer jeweiligen Kontexte untersucht, wobei sowohl sprachliche als auch gesellschaftliche und religiose Gesichtspunkte berucksichtigt werden. Ein Kernstuck der Studie stellt neben der philologischen Bearbeitung der relevanten Textpassagen die sprachliche Detailanalyse der Formeln dar, die anhand eines fur diesen Zweck entwickelten Klassifikationsmodells erfolgt. Mit Hilfe dieses Schemas, das auch auf ahnliches sprachliches Material ubertragbar ist, werden die zentralen formalen und inhaltlichen Charakteristika der Formeln herausgearbeitet. Damit wird zugleich eine solide Grundlage fur einen Vergleich mit Formeln anderer Kulturen geschaffen. Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede sowie etwaige traditionsgeschichtliche Zusammenhange lassen sich auf diese Weise weitaus zuverlassiger bestimmen als durch einen rein inhaltlichen Vergleich.
- By (author) Birgit Christiansen
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