Ancient Hebrew Stories and Their Modern Interpretation

Framsida
Cosimo, Inc., 1 dec. 2005 - 348 sidor
This short story has called forth the highest praise from the most competent critics for its simple beautiful presentation of scenes from the rural life of ancient Israel. It is artistic in the noblest sense, though it is not likely that in those days there was much consciousness of art of discussion as to the technique of story-telling.-from "Ruth: A Woman's Faithfulness and Its Reward"With an emphasis on the Bible as literature, this classic 1922 work examines the stories of the Old Testament with a modern eye, exploring not only their religious and historical significance but their beauty and effectiveness as prose and as examples of the art of storytelling. Among the tales considered are: .The Creation of the World.The First Murder.The Tower of Babel.The Story of Jacob.Samson: or A Strong Man's Failure.Saul and the Witch of Endor.The Story of Job: The Problem of Suffering.The Story of Jonah: A Prophetic Satire.and more.Canadian scholar W. G. JORDAN was professor of Hebrew language and literature at Queen's University, Kingston. He also wrote Biblical Criticism and Modern Thought (1909).

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PAGE
68
THE CREATION OF THE WORLD Genesis i ii 4
74
III
83
PARADISE LOST Genesis iii
90
vi
108
THE ABRAHAM CYCLE
126
OR THE GLORY OF BEGINNINGS
153
A STRIKING SERMON Joshua vii
167
AN ANCIENT TRAGEDY 2 Samuel xxi
232
DAVID THE FOUNDER OF THE KINGDOM
239
ABSALOMS REBELLION
252
THE ELIJAH CYCLE
260
A WOMANS FAITHFULNESS AND
277
THE PROBLEM
283
THE BEGINNING
289
A PROPHETIC SATIRE
298

THE SWORD OF YAHWEH AND OF GIDEON
180
xvi
191
ROBBERY AND RITUAL Judges xvii xviii
199
SAUL AND THE WITCH OF ENDOR 1 Samuel
222
JEWISH PATRIOTISM
319
BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY
333
INDEX OF SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
342
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