The ancient Israelites believed 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. Ancient Israel was rich in such literary traditions. Written in clear and accessible language, this volume presents thirty such traditions.
The ancient Israelites believed 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. Ancient Israel was rich in such literary traditions. Written in clear and accessible language, this volume presents thirty such traditions.
Avigdor Shinan is the Yitzhak Becker Professor of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of numerous books in Hebrew on rabbinic literature, Jewish liturgy, and the Aramaic translations of the Bible. Yair Zakovitch is the Emeritus Father Takeji Otsuki Professor of Bible Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a professor of Jewish Peoplehood at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya. He is the author of numerous books in Hebrew on biblical literature and ancient interpretation of the Bible. Valerie Zakovitch is a translator and editor of works in Jewish studies and the humanities.
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Acknowledgments Translator's Note Introduction: When God Fought the Sea DragonsPart 1. The World of Myth 1. Eden's Winged Serpent 2. When Gods Seduced Women 3. Moses or God? Who Split the Sea of Reeds? 4. What Is Manna? 5. The Hero Who Stopped the Sun Part 2. Cult and Sacred Geography 6. The Wandering Gate of Heaven 7. Seeing and Weeping: Managing the Story of a Divine Defeat 8. Where Were Rachel and Jacob Buried? 9. Where in the Wilderness Did Israel Receive the Torah? 10. Some More Reasons for Eating Matzah 11. Was Worshiping the Golden Calf a Sin? 12. Where Was the Law Given? In the Wilderness or in the Land of Israel? 13. When and How Was the City of Dan Sanctified? Part 3. Biblical Heroes and Their Biographies 14. What Did Ham Do to His Father? 15. Out of the Fire: Recovering the Story of Abraham's Origins 16. The Reinterpretation of a Name: Jacob's In Utero Activities 17. Were the Israelites Never in Egypt? A Peculiar Tradition about Ephraim 18. Moses's Most Miraculous Birth 19. Moses's African Romance 20. Moses's Necessary Death 21. Son of God? The Suspicious Story of Samson's Birth 22. A Cinderella Tale: Clues to David's Lost Birth Story 23. Finding the Real Killer of Goliath 24. How a Savior Became a Villain: Jeroboam and the Exodus Part 4. Relations between Men and Women 25. Sister or Not: Sarah's Adventures with Pharaoh 26. The Story of Rebekah and the Servant on the Road from Haran 27. Reuben, Bilhah, and a Silent Jacob 28. Seduction before Murder: The Case of Jael 29. No Innocent Death: David, Abigail, and Nabal 30. Not Just Riddles: Solomon and the Queen of Sheba In Closing Glossary of Extra-Biblical Sources Index
Acknowledgments Translator's Note Introduction: When God Fought the Sea DragonsPart 1. The World of Myth 1. Eden's Winged Serpent 2. When Gods Seduced Women 3. Moses or God? Who Split the Sea of Reeds? 4. What Is Manna? 5. The Hero Who Stopped the Sun Part 2. Cult and Sacred Geography 6. The Wandering Gate of Heaven 7. Seeing and Weeping: Managing the Story of a Divine Defeat 8. Where Were Rachel and Jacob Buried? 9. Where in the Wilderness Did Israel Receive the Torah? 10. Some More Reasons for Eating Matzah 11. Was Worshiping the Golden Calf a Sin? 12. Where Was the Law Given? In the Wilderness or in the Land of Israel? 13. When and How Was the City of Dan Sanctified? Part 3. Biblical Heroes and Their Biographies 14. What Did Ham Do to His Father? 15. Out of the Fire: Recovering the Story of Abraham's Origins 16. The Reinterpretation of a Name: Jacob's In Utero Activities 17. Were the Israelites Never in Egypt? A Peculiar Tradition about Ephraim 18. Moses's Most Miraculous Birth 19. Moses's African Romance 20. Moses's Necessary Death 21. Son of God? The Suspicious Story of Samson's Birth 22. A Cinderella Tale: Clues to David's Lost Birth Story 23. Finding the Real Killer of Goliath 24. How a Savior Became a Villain: Jeroboam and the Exodus Part 4. Relations between Men and Women 25. Sister or Not: Sarah's Adventures with Pharaoh 26. The Story of Rebekah and the Servant on the Road from Haran 27. Reuben, Bilhah, and a Silent Jacob 28. Seduction before Murder: The Case of Jael 29. No Innocent Death: David, Abigail, and Nabal 30. Not Just Riddles: Solomon and the Queen of Sheba In Closing Glossary of Extra-Biblical Sources Index
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