From Gods to God

Yair Zakovitch, Avigdor Shinan, Valerie Zakovitch

Description

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 translations of the Bible, and even outside the ancient Jewish world in Christian and Islamic texts. The Bible itself sometimes alludes to these traditions, often in surprising contexts.

 

Written in clear and accessible language, this volume presents thirty such traditions. It voyages behind the veil of the written Bible to reconstruct what was told and retold among the ancient Israelites, even if it is “not what the Bible tells us.”
 

Sujets

• Judaism
• Jewish studies

Informations

• Publié par: The Jewish Publication Society
• Date de parution: 01 décembre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780827611443
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

From Gods to God

U n i v e r s i t y o f N e b r a s ka P r e s s | L i n c o l n

FRO M GODS TO How G te Bible Deb o unked, Suppr d essed, or Canged Ancient Myts & Legends

av i g d o r s h i na n & ya i r z a ko v i tc h

Tanŝaed by Vaeîe Zakovîc

T h e J e w i s h P u b l i c at i o n S o c i e t y P h i l a d e l p h i a

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Contents

 acknowledgments  tr ansl ator’s note

 ïôûçô: Wé Gô ôû é Śéâ Dâôŝ

part 1.he Wod of My

1. Eé’ŝ Wé Śéé 2. Wé Gôŝ Śéûçé Wôé 3. Môŝéŝ ô Gô? Wô Ś é Śéâ ô Rééŝ? 4. Wâ ïŝ Mââ? 5. Hé éô Wô Śôé é Śû

part 2.Cu and Saced Geogay

6. Hé Wâé Gâé ô éâé 7. Śéé â Wéé: Mââ é Śô ô â Dé Dééâ 8. Wéé Wéé Râçé â jâçô Bûé? 9. Wéé  é Wééŝŝ D ïŝâé Réçéé é ôâ? 10. Śôé Môé Réâŝôŝ ô Eâ Mââ 11. Wâŝ Wôŝ é Gôé Câ â Ś? 12. Wéé Wâŝ é â Gé? ï é Wééŝŝ ô  é â ô ïŝâé? 13. Wé â ô Wâŝ é C ô Dâ ŚâçIé?

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part 3.Bîbîca Heoeŝ and heî Bîogaîeŝ

14. Wâ D â Dô ô ŝ âé? 15. Oû ô é é: Réçôé é Śô ô Aââ’ŝ Oŝ 16. Hé Réééâô ô â âé: jâçô’ŝ ï Ûéô Açéŝ 17. Wéé é ïŝâééŝ éé  E? A éçûâ âô âôû Eâ 18. Môŝéŝ’ŝ Môŝ Mâçûôûŝ B 19. Môŝéŝ’ŝ Açâ Rôâçé 20. Môŝéŝ’ŝ éçéŝŝâ Déâ 21. Śô ô Gô? Hé Śûŝçôûŝ Śô ô Śâŝô’ŝ B 22. A Cééâ âé: Cûéŝ ô Dâ’ŝ ôŝ B Śô 23.  é Réâ Ké ô Gôâ 24. ô â Śâô Béçâé â Vâ: jéôôâ â é EXôûŝ

part 4.Reaîonŝ beween Men and Women

25. Śŝé ô ô: Śââ’ŝ Aéûéŝ  ââô 26. Hé Śô ô Rééâ â é Śéâ ô é Rôâ ô ââ 27. Réûé, Bâ, â â Śé jâçô 28. Śéûçô éôé Mûé: Hé Câŝé ô jâé 29. ô ïôçé Déâ: Dâ, Aâ, â ââ 30. ô jûŝ Réŝ: Śôôô â é Qûéé ô Śéâ

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Acknowledgments

Wé ôû é ô âé ŝ ôôû ô éXéŝŝ ôû âûé ô ôû âçâéç ôé ô â éâŝ, é Mâé ïŝûé ô jéŝ Śû- éŝ â é éé Ûéŝ ô jéûŝâé, â ô é Yâ Béçé Eôé Câ  jéŝ Śûéŝ â âé âé Oŝû Eôé Câ  Bé Śûéŝ ô é ŝûô ô ôû éŝéâç ôûôû é éâŝ. Hâŝ âé ûé âŝô ô Mŝ. Yâé Śâ-û ô éâ é éXçéé ôŝŝâ â ô ôû éçâé éŝéâç âŝŝŝâŝ, Mŝ. Eŝé Bâ-O â M. Yôçâ Oâ, ô é âûâé é.  Oû âŝâô, Mŝ. Vâéé Zâôç, ŝéé âŝ â é ŝéŝé â ôééâé éâô ééé é ôâ éé éô ô ŝ ôô â ŝ çôûéâ ô â Eŝ-éâ âûéçé. Wôŝ çâ- ô éXéŝŝ ôû ééŝ ô âŝ â âûé. Wé ôû âŝô é ô â é Déôâ âŝ Aéç ô I â ôô ôé ô é ôô â é  éçâé éôé â é jéŝ ûçâô Śôç- é â é Ûéŝ ô éâŝâ éŝŝ, çû Câô û, Eŝâé Céé, Śââ Śééç, â Mâ , ô é çâéû â ŝé â ô ôû ôô, “ûô é é éŝŝ ô ôô  çôé” (ôéŝ 24:25).

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