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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... Kings 24:11 , 14 ) . And all the men of might even seven thousand , and craftsmen and smiths a thousand , all that were strong and apt for war , even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon ( 2 Kings 24:16 ) . Wartime ...
... Kings 24:11 , 14 ) . And all the men of might even seven thousand , and craftsmen and smiths a thousand , all that were strong and apt for war , even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon ( 2 Kings 24:16 ) . Wartime ...
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... King 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 ...
... King 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 ...
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... King of the Jews . ' " Mark ( 25:26 ) says , “ And the superscription of his accusation was written over , ' The King of the Jews . " " Luke ( 23:38 ) offers a combination of the two : “ And a superscription also was written over him in ...
... King of the Jews . ' " Mark ( 25:26 ) says , “ And the superscription of his accusation was written over , ' The King of the Jews . " " Luke ( 23:38 ) offers a combination of the two : “ And a superscription also was written over him in ...
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