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From Gods to God : how the Bible debunked, suppressed, or changed ancient myths & legends /
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 before the Bible reached the final form that...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Hebrew |
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Philadelphia :
Jewish Publication Society,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 301 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780827611443 0827611447 1283687739 9781283687737 |