Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic

Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic
Author: Frank Moore CROSS
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2009-06-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0674030087

Annotation The essays contained in this book are preliminary studies directed toward a new synthesis of the history of the religion of Israel. Each study is addressed to a special and, in the authors view, unsolved problem in the description of Israel's religious development.

Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic

Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic
Author: Frank Moore Cross
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 398
Release: 1997-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780674091764

The essays in this volume address key aspects of Israelite religious development. Frank Moore Cross traces the continuities between early Israelite religion and the Canaanite culture from which it emerged; explores the tension between the mythic and the historical in Israel’s religious expression; and examines the reemergence of Canaanite mythic material in the apocalypticism of early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls.

From Epic to Canon

From Epic to Canon
Author: Frank Moore Cross
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2000-11-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780801865336

Winner of the Centennial Book Award from the Tuttleman Family Foundation of Gratz College In From Epic to Canon, Frank Moore Cross discusses specific issues that illuminate central questions about the Hebrew Bible and those who created and preserved it. He challenges the persistent attempt to read Protestant theological polemic against law into ancient Israel. Cross uncovers the continuities between the institutions of kinship and of covenant, which he describes as "extended kinship." He examines the social structures of ancient Israel and reveals that beneath its later social and cultural accretions, the concept of covenant—as opposed to codified law—was a vital part of Israel's earliest institutions. He then draws parallels between the expression of kinship and covenant among the Israelites and that practiced by other ancient societies, as well as in primitive societies.

Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan

Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan
Author: William Foxwell Albright
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780931464010

Professor Albright speaks to a new generation of scholars through this reprint of his classic work contrasting Israelite and Canaanite religions. The five chapters were originally presented as seven lectures and discuss Poetry and Prose, the Patriarchal Background, Canaanite Religion in the Early Bronze Age, the Struggle between Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan, and the Religious Cultures of Israel and Phoenicia.

Faces of God

Faces of God
Author: Jacob Rabinowitz
Publisher: Spring Publications
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1998-08
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

The Hebrew bible stole with both hands from Canaanite myth (proof was dug up in Syria in 1928). Biblical scholars agreed to reinter the evidence to maintain the "literal" truth of the Scripture - be it as certain revelation or as dubious historical data. But the Bible is as full of Pagan mythology as a snake's egg is of snake. Here you'll find it cite din full" the sky-gods, world-mountains, war-goddesses, and chaos-dragons -- the hydra-head faces of God.

Ancient Israelite Religion

Ancient Israelite Religion
Author: Patrick D. Miller
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780800662929

ANCIENT ISRAELITE RELIGION Essays in Honor of Frank Moore Cross "A distinguished tribute to a truly distinguished scholar and teacher." -Catholic Biblical Quarterly Although the Hebrew Bible serves as the main source of knowledge of ancient Israelite religion, much additional information comes from the material and written remains uncovered in the archaeological investigations of the Ancient Near East. In this volume, internationally renowned scholars examine all of these sources in order to present the most impressive, comprehensive study of ancient Israelite religion yet to appear. The Editors PATRICK D. MILLER is Professor of Old Testament Theology Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary. His books include Interpreting the Psalms (1986) and They Cried to the Lord (1994), both published by Fortress Press. PAUL D. HANSON is Corliss Lamont Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School. He is the author of The Dawn of Apocalyptic: The Historical & Sociological Roots of Jewish Apocalyptic Eschatology (1984) and the editor of several volumes in the Hermeneia series, all published by Fortress Press. S. DEAN McBRIDE is Cyrus H. McCormick Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Interpretation Emeritus at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. He is an author and editor for the Hermeneia series published by Fortress Press.

Stories from Ancient Canaan

Stories from Ancient Canaan
Author: Michael David Coogan
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 130
Release: 1978-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780664241841

Contained on fifteen of the cuneiform tables uncovered at the ancient Canaanite city of Ugarit are the four major oral Ugartic myths of Aqhat, The Healers, Kirta and Baal. Stories from Ancient Canaan is the first to offer a one-volume translation of all four. This accessible book teaches the principal Canaanite religious literature, and will be useful to students of the history of religion, of the Bible, and of comparative literature.

Middle Eastern Mythology

Middle Eastern Mythology
Author: S. H. Hooke
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780486435510

The role of mythology in ritual and its place in the origins of customs, cults, and hero worship are the areas covered by this survey. Based on firsthand sources, this book recounts the legends of the Egyptians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Hittites, and Canaanites, in addition to discussing the mythological elements of the Jewish apocalyptic literature and the New Testament. The author's well-documented commentary highlights the similarities between various Middle Eastern legends and offers revealing citations from documents, tablets, and inscriptions recovered by archaeological excavations. It contains 16 black-and-white illustrations.

The Oxford Guide to People & Places of the Bible

The Oxford Guide to People & Places of the Bible
Author: Bruce Manning Metzger
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2004
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780195176100

This guide to people and places of the Bible covers both the New and Old Testament. It will be of interest to anyone needing an A-Z reference work on the people and places mentioned in the Bible, from prophets and apostles, to kingdoms and monuments.