Holy Writ as Oral Lit: The Bible as FolkloreThis book helps us resolve some of the mysteries and contradictions that evolved during the Bible's pre-written legacy and that persist in the Great Book today. Most biblical scholars acknowledge that both the Old and New Testaments were orally transmitted for decades before appearing in written form. With great reverence for the Bible, Dundes offers a new and exciting way to understand its variant texts. He uses the analytical framework of folklore to unearth and contrast the multiple versions of nearly every major biblical event, including the creation of woman, the flood, the ten commandments (there were once as many as eleven or twelve), the names of the twelve tribes, the naming of the disciples, the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the words inscribed on the Cross, among many others. |
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... David receiving a request to carry out a census of Israel , but the request comes from two very different sources : And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel , and he moved David against them to say , Go number Israel ...
... David receiving a request to carry out a census of Israel , but the request comes from two very different sources : And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel , and he moved David against them to say , Go number Israel ...
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... David that he killed Saul . And David said unto the young man that told him , How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead ? And the young man that told him said , As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa , behold , Saul ...
... David that he killed Saul . And David said unto the young man that told him , How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead ? And the young man that told him said , As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa , behold , Saul ...
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... David re- turned from the slaughter of the Philistine , Abner took him , and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand . And Saul said to him , Whose son art thou , thou young man ? And David answered , I am ...
... David re- turned from the slaughter of the Philistine , Abner took him , and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand . And Saul said to him , Whose son art thou , thou young man ? And David answered , I am ...
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