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Myth and scripture : contemporary perspectives on religion, language, and imagination / edited by Dexter E. Callender Jr.

Contributor(s): Callender, Dexter E, 1962- [editor.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Resources for biblical study: no. 78.Publisher: Atlanta, GA : SBL Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: xi, 311 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781589839618 (paper binding : alk. paper); 1589839617 (paper binding : alk. paper); 9781589839632 (hardcover binding : alk. paper); 1589839633 (hardcover binding : alk. paper)Subject(s): Myth in the Bible | Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etcDDC classification: 220.6/8 LOC classification: BS520.5 | .M98 2014Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Scholarship between myth and scripture / Dexter E. Callender Jr. and William Scott Green -- Myth in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East -- "Myth" in the Old Testament / J.W. Rogerson -- Myth and scripture: Dissonance and convergence / Dexter E. Callender Jr. -- Covenant and contingence: The historical encounter between God and Israel / Robert S. Kawashima -- Is Genesis 1 a creation myth? Yes and no / Mark S. Smith -- Moses' death / Susan Ackerman -- Myth and social realia in ancient Israel: Early Hebrew poems as folkloric assemblage / Hugh R. Page Jr. -- Myth and history in Ezekiel's oracle concerning Tyre (Ezekiel 26-28) / Marvin A. Sweeney -- Myth and history in Daniel 8: The apocalyptic negotiation of power / Amcy C. Merrill Willis -- Myth in the New Testament and the Greco-Roman world -- Recast, reclaim, reject: Myth and validity / Steven J. Kraftchick -- "God was in Christ": 2 Corinthians 5:19 and mythic language / Luke Timothy Johnson -- Ancient Greek demythologizing / James E. Miller -- Myth, allegory, and the Derveni papyrus / John T. Fitzgerald -- Myth theorizing and the Bible: a conversation -- The life of King Saul as myth / Robert A. Segal -- Response to Robert A. Segal, "The life of King Saul as myth" / Adela Yarbro Collins -- Theory of myth and the minimal Saul / Ivan Strenski -- The indispensability of theories of myth for biblical studies: A response to Robert Segal / David L. Miller -- Replies to Ivan Strenski, Adela Yarbro Collins, and David Miller / Robert A. Segal.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Scholarship between myth and scripture / Dexter E. Callender Jr. and William Scott Green -- Part 1: Myth in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East -- "Myth" in the Old Testament / J.W. Rogerson -- Myth and scripture: Dissonance and convergence / Dexter E. Callender Jr. -- Covenant and contingence: The historical encounter between God and Israel / Robert S. Kawashima -- Is Genesis 1 a creation myth? Yes and no / Mark S. Smith -- Moses' death / Susan Ackerman -- Myth and social realia in ancient Israel: Early Hebrew poems as folkloric assemblage / Hugh R. Page Jr. -- Myth and history in Ezekiel's oracle concerning Tyre (Ezekiel 26-28) / Marvin A. Sweeney -- Myth and history in Daniel 8: The apocalyptic negotiation of power / Amcy C. Merrill Willis -- Part 2: Myth in the New Testament and the Greco-Roman world -- Recast, reclaim, reject: Myth and validity / Steven J. Kraftchick -- "God was in Christ": 2 Corinthians 5:19 and mythic language / Luke Timothy Johnson -- Ancient Greek demythologizing / James E. Miller -- Myth, allegory, and the Derveni papyrus / John T. Fitzgerald -- Part 3: Myth theorizing and the Bible: a conversation -- The life of King Saul as myth / Robert A. Segal -- Response to Robert A. Segal, "The life of King Saul as myth" / Adela Yarbro Collins -- Theory of myth and the minimal Saul / Ivan Strenski -- The indispensability of theories of myth for biblical studies: A response to Robert Segal / David L. Miller -- Replies to Ivan Strenski, Adela Yarbro Collins, and David Miller / Robert A. Segal.

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