About Genesis of Nart Democracy and the Old Testament Pastoralism [Nart Demokrasisinin Kökenleri ve Eski Ahit Pastoralizmi]

Year 2023, Volume: 8 Issue: 14, 141 - 156, 31.05.2023

Aslan Shazzo Translator: Oleg Nesheretov

Abstract

Makalede Eski Ahit'in ve Çerkes Nart Destanı’nın bazı konuları karşılaştırılıyor. Antik Kenan sakinlerinin - Nartlar/Attalar ve Yahudilerin ataları – hangi tarım işleriyle uğraştıkları, Tanrı hakkındaki tasavvurları, nasıl bir toplum inşa ettikleri, onları hangi ideolojinin yönlendirdiği ve maneviyat dereceleri bu araştırmanın konusunu oluşturuyor.

Keywords

Anatha, Tanrı, Tha, Kenan, Çerkesler, Adıgeler, Yahudiler, Samiler, Hattiler, Hititler, Attalar, göçebeler, Adem, Havva, Habil, Kabil, Abraham, Sarah, firavun, patrik

About Genesis of Nart Democracy and the Old Testament Pastoralism [Nart Demokrasisinin Kökenleri ve Eski Ahit Pastoralizmi]

Abstract

The article compares some plots of the Old Testament and separate episodes from the works of the Nart epic of Circassians. The subject of the research is what agricultural work inhabitants of the ancient Canaan – the Narts/Attas and the ancestors of Jews – were engaged in, what their idea of God was, what type of society they built, what ideology drove them, and what level of morality they supported.

Keywords

Anatha, God, Tha, Canaan, Circassians, Adygs, Jews, Semites, Hettes, Hettian, Hittite, Hatts, Attas, nomads, Adam, Eve, Abel, Cain, İbrahim, Sarah, pharaoh, patriarch.

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