KING DAVID (ca. 1037-ca. 967 B.C.) AND DUKE WEN OF JIN (ca. 697-628 B.C.): TWO PARADIGMATIC RULERS FROM THE HEBREW DEUTERONOMISTIC AND EARLY CHINESE CONFUCIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY

• Authors: Gálik Marián
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this study is to compare the life and work of two great rulers: King David from the Hebrew Bible and Duke Wen of Jin from the early Confucian historical work Zuo zhuan (The Commentary of Zuo). The author points out the similarities and differences of these two examples of the oldest 'narrative histories' in the world.

Keywords

EN

CONFUCIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY; DEUTERONOMISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY; DUKE WEN OF JIN; KING DAVID; NARRATIVE HISTORY; SACRED PERSPECTIVE

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Asian and African Studies
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-25
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Gálik Marián

• Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• Marian Galik, Ustav orientalistiky SAV, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11SKAAAA09331