The World Turned Upside Down: a Comparative Study of the "Topsy-Turvy Motif" in Egyptian and Northwest Semitic Texts

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dc.contributor.advisorNoegel, Scott B.
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Forrest
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-14T17:00:36Z
dc.date.available2023-08-14T17:00:36Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-14
dc.date.submitted2023
dc.descriptionThesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2023
dc.description.abstractFor decades, scholars of the Hebrew Bible and Egyptian texts have identified occurrences of a textual motif using various terms: “topsy-turvy,” mundus inversus, “world upside down,” “social woe,” “national distress,” pessimistic texts, and so on. This study offers the first fully comparative analysis of the motif. It is also the most comprehensive and interdisciplinary to date. In it, I collect and analyze a number of texts from ancient Egypt and the Levant, define the topsy-turvy motif, identify its characteristics, and elucidate its function in the texts in which ancient scribes deployed it.
dc.embargo.termsOpen Access
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dc.identifier.otherMartin_washington_0250O_25435.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1773/50075
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.rightsnone
dc.subjectEgypt
dc.subjectHebrew Bible
dc.subjectInversion
dc.subjectLiterary
dc.subjectPerformance
dc.subjectBiblical studies
dc.subjectAncient languages
dc.subjectNear Eastern studies
dc.subject.otherNear Eastern languages and literature
dc.titleThe World Turned Upside Down: a Comparative Study of the "Topsy-Turvy Motif" in Egyptian and Northwest Semitic Texts
dc.typeThesis

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