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catalog abstract "Over the course of three main sections focused on biblical, rabbinic, and zoharic sources, Fishbane lays to rest modern biases against monotheistic myths through a masterful, systematic exploration of various cosmogonies, theomachies, and eschatologies.".
catalog contributor b12899584.
catalog created "2003.".
catalog date "2003".
catalog date "2003.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
catalog description "I. Biblical myth -- Combat myths and divine actions: prayers and prophecies of divine might -- Personalization and historicization of the combat motif: in prayer and prophecy -- Conclusions and other considerations. Mythic combat in ancient Israel ; The mythic hierarchy of ancient Israel ; Myth and metaphor ; Myth and tradition -- II. Rabbinic myth and mythmaking -- Introduction. The phenomenon: topics and techniques ; Myth and scripture ; Delimiting the focus -- God and the primordial waters. Divine combat and the primordial waters ; The waters of Tehom and the temple -- Myths of participation and pathos. Myths of divine participation: Egyptian servitude and other events ; Exilic servitude and divine redemption -- Myths of divinity. Divine pathos ans personality ; Human acts and divine activation -- Conclusions ans other considerations. Myth and language ; Myth and the morphologies of God -- III. Jewish myth and mythmaking in the Middle Ages -- Introduction. Some reception-histories of myth ; The manifestation and mystery of the Zohar -- The primordial serpent and the secrets of creation. Serpent myths and the mystery of evil ; Excursus on comparative types -- Divine sorrow and the rupture of exile. Destruction of the temple ; Longing for reunion.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-417) and indexes.".
catalog description "Over the course of three main sections focused on biblical, rabbinic, and zoharic sources, Fishbane lays to rest modern biases against monotheistic myths through a masterful, systematic exploration of various cosmogonies, theomachies, and eschatologies.".
catalog extent "xiv, 458 p. ;".
catalog identifier "0198267339".
catalog issued "2003".
catalog issued "2003.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
catalog subject "296.1 21".
catalog subject "BS1183 .F57 2003".
catalog subject "Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc.".
catalog subject "Myth in the Old Testament.".
catalog subject "Rabbinical literature.".
catalog tableOfContents "I. Biblical myth -- Combat myths and divine actions: prayers and prophecies of divine might -- Personalization and historicization of the combat motif: in prayer and prophecy -- Conclusions and other considerations. Mythic combat in ancient Israel ; The mythic hierarchy of ancient Israel ; Myth and metaphor ; Myth and tradition -- II. Rabbinic myth and mythmaking -- Introduction. The phenomenon: topics and techniques ; Myth and scripture ; Delimiting the focus -- God and the primordial waters. Divine combat and the primordial waters ; The waters of Tehom and the temple -- Myths of participation and pathos. Myths of divine participation: Egyptian servitude and other events ; Exilic servitude and divine redemption -- Myths of divinity. Divine pathos ans personality ; Human acts and divine activation -- Conclusions ans other considerations. Myth and language ; Myth and the morphologies of God -- III. Jewish myth and mythmaking in the Middle Ages -- Introduction. Some reception-histories of myth ; The manifestation and mystery of the Zohar -- The primordial serpent and the secrets of creation. Serpent myths and the mystery of evil ; Excursus on comparative types -- Divine sorrow and the rupture of exile. Destruction of the temple ; Longing for reunion.".
catalog title "Biblical myth and rabbinic mythmaking / Michael Fishbane.".
catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
catalog type "text".