From Gods to God: How the Bible Debunked, Suppressed, Or Changed Ancient Myths and LegendsU of Nebraska Press, 01.12.2012 - 320 Seiten The ancient Israelitesøbelieved things that the writers of the Bible wanted them to forget: myths and legends from a pre-biblical world that the new monotheist order needed to bury, hide, or reinterpret.øAncient Israel was rich in such literary traditions before the Bible reached the final form that we have today. These traditions were not lost but continued, passed down through the ages. Many managed to reach us in post-biblical sources: rabbinic literature, Jewish Hellenistic writings, the writings of the Dead Sea sect, the Aramaic, Greek, Latin, and other ancient translations of the Bible, and even outside the ancient Jewish world in Christian and Islamic texts. The Bible itself sometimes alludes to these traditions, often in surprising contexts.øWritten in clear and accessible language, this volume presents thirty such traditions. It voyages behind the veil of the written Bible to reconstruct what was told and retold among the ancient Israelites, even if it is ?not what the Bible tells us.? ø |
Inhalt
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Part 1 The World of Myth | 17 |
Part 2 Cult and Sacred Geography | 63 |
Part 3 Biblical Heroes and Their Biographies | 129 |
Part 4 Relations between Men and Women | 221 |
In Closing | 267 |
Glossary of ExtraBiblical Sources | 271 |
293 | |
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From Gods to God: How the Bible Debunked, Suppressed, Or Changed Ancient ... Yair Zakovitch,Avigdor Shinan Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2012 |
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