Thematic Guide to Biblical LiteratureThe Bible has had a tremendous influence on world history and culture, but it is largely unfamiliar to many students. This book relates the Bible to a wide range of literary works commonly read by students and thus helps students understand these texts as well as the cultural and historical contexts surrounding them. Included are chapters on 20 themes, such as creation, family and friends, love and marriage, the hero, war, and death and the afterlife. Each chapter discusses the biblical significance of the theme, provides scriptural quotations and citations, and explores the biblical presence of the theme in literary works often read by students. Each chapter cites works for further reading, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography. |
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... ancient myths , the primal creator is female , the creation is therefore a kind of birth , a begetting of the earth and all things in it . In the Old Babylonian myth ( 1750-1550 B.C. ) , for example , Nintu or Ninhursag , the goddess of ...
... ancient myths , the primal creator is female , the creation is therefore a kind of birth , a begetting of the earth and all things in it . In the Old Babylonian myth ( 1750-1550 B.C. ) , for example , Nintu or Ninhursag , the goddess of ...
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... ancient people's creation myths involve a giant serpent or various sorts of monsters . The Enuma Elish , the most famous of the ancient Near Eastern texts , tells of Tiamat , " our mother " : She has made the Worm , the Dragon the ...
... ancient people's creation myths involve a giant serpent or various sorts of monsters . The Enuma Elish , the most famous of the ancient Near Eastern texts , tells of Tiamat , " our mother " : She has made the Worm , the Dragon the ...
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... ancient rites . Jackson , however , removes the sensu- ality and splendor from the practice , reducing it to a flat Midwestern practice , like American Gothic figures voting for mayor . She employs practices of ancient Israel as well ...
... ancient rites . Jackson , however , removes the sensu- ality and splendor from the practice , reducing it to a flat Midwestern practice , like American Gothic figures voting for mayor . She employs practices of ancient Israel as well ...
Contents
Earthly Paradise 13 2 5 8 5 3 1 | 13 |
Animals and Humans | 39 |
Gods Love Humans Response | 63 |
Copyright | |
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