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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... Jesus - Überlieferung im Lichte der neueren Volkskunde ( 1967 ) , J. W. Rogerson , Myth in Old Testament In- terpretation ( 1974 ) , Albert B. Lord , ' The Gospels as Oral Traditional Literature " ( 1978 ) , Pamela J. Milne , Vladimir ...
... Jesus - Überlieferung im Lichte der neueren Volkskunde ( 1967 ) , J. W. Rogerson , Myth in Old Testament In- terpretation ( 1974 ) , Albert B. Lord , ' The Gospels as Oral Traditional Literature " ( 1978 ) , Pamela J. Milne , Vladimir ...
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... Jesus . That an extensive tradition existed behind the Gospels has been taken for granted ” ( Henaut 1993 : 15 ) . Martin Dibelius ( 1936 : 35 ) put the matter this way : the narrative sections of the Gospels are not at all concerned ...
... Jesus . That an extensive tradition existed behind the Gospels has been taken for granted ” ( Henaut 1993 : 15 ) . Martin Dibelius ( 1936 : 35 ) put the matter this way : the narrative sections of the Gospels are not at all concerned ...
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... Jesu . Using a modified form of the compar- ative method , Strauss considered the four Gospels as variants and ... Jésus ( 1863 ) was forced to resign his chair of Hebrew and Chaldaic Languages at the Collège de France because of his ...
... Jesu . Using a modified form of the compar- ative method , Strauss considered the four Gospels as variants and ... Jésus ( 1863 ) was forced to resign his chair of Hebrew and Chaldaic Languages at the Collège de France because of his ...
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... Jesus used this sparrow metaphor , presumably he spoke of either " two sparrows sold for a farthing " or " five sparrows sold for two farthings . " Perhaps this is a trivial example , but one could easily multi- ply such examples a ...
... Jesus used this sparrow metaphor , presumably he spoke of either " two sparrows sold for a farthing " or " five sparrows sold for two farthings . " Perhaps this is a trivial example , but one could easily multi- ply such examples a ...
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... Jesus “ was there in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan ” ( Mark 1:13 ) and why Jesus “ fasted forty days and forty nights ” ( Matt . 4 : 2 ) . This also explains the extraordinary coincidence that King David and son Solomon ...
... Jesus “ was there in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan ” ( Mark 1:13 ) and why Jesus “ fasted forty days and forty nights ” ( Matt . 4 : 2 ) . This also explains the extraordinary coincidence that King David and son Solomon ...
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