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1 online resource (xi, 311 pages) |
| Series |
Society of Biblical Literature resources for biblical study ; number 78 |
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Resources for biblical study ; no. 78
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| Contents |
Introduction: Scholarship between myth and scripture / Dexter E. Callender Jr. and William Scott Green -- Part 1. Myth in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East. "Myth" in the Old Testament / J.W. Rogerson -- Myth and scripture : dissonance and convergence / Dexter E. Callender Jr. -- Covenant and contingence : the historical encounter between God and Israel / Robert S. Kawashima -- Is Genesis 1 a creation muyth? : yes and no / Mark S. Smith -- Moses' death / Susan Ackerman -- Myth and social realia in ancient Israel : early Hebrew poems as folkloric assemblage / Hugh R. Page Jr. -- Myth and history in Ezekiel's oracle concerning Tyre (Ezekiel 26-28) / Marvin A. Sweeney -- Myth and history in Daniel 8 : the apocalyptic negotiation of power / Amy C. Merrill Willis -- Part 2. Myth in the New Testament and the Greco-Roman world. Recast, reclaim, reject : myth and validity / Steven J. Kraftchick -- "God was in Christ" : 2 Corinthians 5:19 and mythic language / Luke Timothy Johnson -- Ancient Greek demythologizing / James E. Miller -- Myth, allegory, and the Derveni papyrus / John T. Fitzgerald -- Part 3. Myth theorizing and the Bible : a conversation. The life of King Saul as myth / Robert A. Segal -- Response to Robert A. Segal, "The life of King Saul as myth" / Adela Yarbro Collins -- Theory of myth and the minimal Saul / Ivan Strenski -- The indispensability of theories of myth for biblical studies : a response to Robert Segal / David L. Miller -- Replies to Ivan Strenski, Adela Yarbro Collins, and David Miller / Robert A. Segal |
| Summary |
"The essays gathered here focus attention on the concept of myth and its place in biblical studies through a variety of multi-and interdisciplinary approaches. They approach the methodological issue of how the categories of myth and scripture can be better incorporated into our understanding and interpretation of biblical literature as both ancient texts and contemporary scripture. Engaging myth as a literary genre and as an ideology, many of the contributors compare and contrast biblical texts--including creation accounts, the role of god(s) in history, and eschatological scenarios--with similar narrative outside of the Jewish and Christian canons. Others analyze the nonbiblical narratives themselves, while still others explore how the constructs of "myth" and "scripture" define interpretive strategies, illumine theological appropriations, and evoke hermeneutical practices with predictable results. This volume offers a valuable new contribution to a historically contentious area of inquiry."--Back cover |
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An interdisciplinary collection for scholars and students interested in the connections between myth and scripture In this collection scholars suggest that using myth creates a framework within which to set biblical writings in both cultural and literary comparative contexts. Reading biblical accounts alongside the religious narratives of other ancient civilizations reveals what is commonplace and shared among them. The fruit of such work widens and enriches our understanding of the nature and character of biblical texts, and the results provide fresh evidence for how biblical writings became scripture. Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 12, 2022) |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
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Bibel gnd |
| Subject |
Myth in the Bible.
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BIBLES -- General.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Reference -- General.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Reference -- Handbooks.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Exegesis & Hermeneutics.
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Myth in the Bible
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Geschichtsschreibung
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Mythos
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Callender, Dexter E., 1962- editor
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Callender, Dexter E., 1962-
author. Myth and Scripture : dissonance and convergence
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| ISBN |
9781589839625 |
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1589839625 |
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