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Brian R. Doak
Publications - 5
Citations - 75
Brian R. Doak is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Phoenician & Self. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 5 publications receiving 67 citations.
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The Last of the Rephaim: Conquest and Cataclysm in the Heroic Ages of Ancient Israel
TL;DR: The role of giants in the narrative and historiographic worlds of symbol, geography, and religion in ancient Israel was explored in this article, where it was argued that all that is overgrown or physically monstrous represents a connection to the primeval chaos that stands as a barrier to creation and right rule.
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The Oxford handbook of the Phoenician and Punic Mediterranean
TL;DR: Doak and Lopez-Ruiz as discussed by the authors discuss the relationship between the Hebrew Bible and the Phoenician language and its use in the early Hebrew Bible, and discuss the role of the tophet and infant sacrifice in the life of the phoenicians.
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Heroic Bodies in Ancient Israel
TL;DR: In the Hebrew Bible, the bodies of notable heroic figures (warriors, kings, and cultural founders) not only communicate values on an individual level but also bear meaning for the fate of the nation.