Myth and scripture : contemporary perspectives on religion, language, and imagination / edited by Dexter E. Callender, Jr.

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Callender, Dexter E, 1962- [editor.]

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781589839625
1589839625

Contained works:

Callender, Dexter E., 1962- Myth and Scripture : dissonance and convergence [author.]

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Myth and scripture.DDC classification:

220.6/8 23

LOC classification:

BS520.5 .M98 2014eb

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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: 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

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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

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