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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... Version , first set forth in 1611. I am well aware of the existence of many different translations of the Bible besides the Authorized Version of 1611 , such as the Revised Standard Version of 1952 and the Jerusalem Bible of 1966. I do ...
... Version , first set forth in 1611. I am well aware of the existence of many different translations of the Bible besides the Authorized Version of 1611 , such as the Revised Standard Version of 1952 and the Jerusalem Bible of 1966. I do ...
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... first of all , not a synonym for error or fallacy , as in the common phrase ... version from “ A friend in need is a friend in deed . " The short pause , or ... first version simply asserts that someone who helps a person when that person ...
... first of all , not a synonym for error or fallacy , as in the common phrase ... version from “ A friend in need is a friend in deed . " The short pause , or ... first version simply asserts that someone who helps a person when that person ...
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... versions include “ I slit a sheet , a sheet I slit " and " I slit a sheet , a ... first asks , " Did it hurt when the doctors removed your male organ ? ” “ Oh ... version . In this way , the study of folklore differs markedly from the ...
... versions include “ I slit a sheet , a sheet I slit " and " I slit a sheet , a ... first asks , " Did it hurt when the doctors removed your male organ ? ” “ Oh ... version . In this way , the study of folklore differs markedly from the ...
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... first version but in the first line of the second. Such sequential variation is common in folklore, both oral and written. This same poem is also found in autograph book verse: Mary is my name. Grandville is my station. I sit in school ...
... first version but in the first line of the second. Such sequential variation is common in folklore, both oral and written. This same poem is also found in autograph book verse: Mary is my name. Grandville is my station. I sit in school ...
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... versions of the same proverb come from the same general area of the Middle East ... version that has been translated as : My son , do not be too sweet , lest ... first matter again has to do with the term “ folklore . ” To identify or ...
... versions of the same proverb come from the same general area of the Middle East ... version that has been translated as : My son , do not be too sweet , lest ... first matter again has to do with the term “ folklore . ” To identify or ...
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