Hebrew myths : the book of Genesis / by Robert Graves and Raphael Patai. [print]

By:

Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 [Author]

Contributor(s):

Patai, Raphael, 1910-1996

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780385263306
978-0507413661

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Theological.

LOC classification:

BS1236.P294.H437 1964
BS1236

Available additional physical forms:

Contents:

Creation according to other Biblical texts -- Mythical cosmology -- Glosses on the Creation story -- Earlier creations -- Primeval monsters described -- Reem and the Ziz -- Fall of Lucifer -- Birth of Adam -- Adam's helpmeets -- Paradise -- Fall of man -- Samael's rebellion -- Births of Cain and Abel -- Act of love -- Fratricide -- Birth of Seth -- Sons of God and the daughters of men -- Birth of Noah -- Deluge -- Noah's drunkenness -- Tower of Babel -- Abraham's ancestry -- Abraham's birth -- Abraham and the idols -- Abraham in Egypt -- Abraham's rescue of Lot -- Severed carcases -- Ishmael -- Abraham in Gerar -- Birth of Isaac -- Lot at Sodom -- Lot at Zoar -- Sacrifice of Isaac -- Abraham and Keturah -- Isaac's marriage -- Isaac in Gerar -- Births of Esau and Jacob -- Abraham's death -- Bartered birthright -- Stolen blessing -- Esau's marriages -- Jacob at Bethel -- Jacob's marriages -- Birth of the twelve patriarchs -- Jacob's return to Canaan -- Jacob at Peniel -- Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau -- Rape of Dinah -- Reuben and Bilhah -- Judan and Tamar -- Deaths of Isaac, Leah, and Esau -- Joseph in the pit -- Joseph and Zuleika -- Joseph in prison -- Joseph becomes viceroy -- Famine -- Brothers' return -- Jacob in Egypt -- Death of Jacob -- Death of Joseph.

Subject: Examines selected Biblical passages for their mythological references and their anthropological value https://www.amazon.com/Hebrew-Myths-Genesis-Robert-Graves/dp/0507413663/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1569267303&sr=1-3

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	BS1236.G738.H437 1964 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001688577

Creation according to Genesis -- Creation according to other Biblical texts -- Mythical cosmology -- Glosses on the Creation story -- Earlier creations -- Primeval monsters described -- Reem and the Ziz -- Fall of Lucifer -- Birth of Adam -- Adam's helpmeets -- Paradise -- Fall of man -- Samael's rebellion -- Births of Cain and Abel -- Act of love -- Fratricide -- Birth of Seth -- Sons of God and the daughters of men -- Birth of Noah -- Deluge -- Noah's drunkenness -- Tower of Babel -- Abraham's ancestry -- Abraham's birth -- Abraham and the idols -- Abraham in Egypt -- Abraham's rescue of Lot -- Severed carcases -- Ishmael -- Abraham in Gerar -- Birth of Isaac -- Lot at Sodom -- Lot at Zoar -- Sacrifice of Isaac -- Abraham and Keturah -- Isaac's marriage -- Isaac in Gerar -- Births of Esau and Jacob -- Abraham's death -- Bartered birthright -- Stolen blessing -- Esau's marriages -- Jacob at Bethel -- Jacob's marriages -- Birth of the twelve patriarchs -- Jacob's return to Canaan -- Jacob at Peniel -- Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau -- Rape of Dinah -- Reuben and Bilhah -- Judan and Tamar -- Deaths of Isaac, Leah, and Esau -- Joseph in the pit -- Joseph and Zuleika -- Joseph in prison -- Joseph becomes viceroy -- Famine -- Brothers' return -- Jacob in Egypt -- Death of Jacob -- Death of Joseph.

Examines selected Biblical passages for their mythological references and their anthropological value

https://www.amazon.com/Hebrew-Myths-Genesis-Robert-Graves/dp/0507413663/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1569267303&sr=1-3

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