Myth and scripture: contemporary perspectives on religion, language, and imagination
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. --...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Atlanta
SBL Press
[2014]
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| In: |
Resources for biblical study (number 78)
Year: 2014 |
| Series/Journal: | Resources for biblical study
number 78 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ New Testament
/ Myth
B Ancient Orient / Old Testament / Myth B New Testament / Myth B Classical antiquity / Myth |
| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible |
| Further subjects: | B
BIBLES ; General
B Collection of essays B Historiography B Myth B RELIGION ; Biblical Reference ; General B Bible B RELIGION ; Biblical Studies ; Exegesis & Hermeneutics B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc B Myth in the Bible B Electronic books B Criticism, interpretation, etc B RELIGION ; Biblical Reference ; Handbooks |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1589839625 |