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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... three was devoted , for example , to cit- ing versions of the flood myth from all over the world . Frazer said nothing , though , about possible folklore parallels to the contents of the New Testament . It was one thing to suggest that ...
... three was devoted , for example , to cit- ing versions of the flood myth from all over the world . Frazer said nothing , though , about possible folklore parallels to the contents of the New Testament . It was one thing to suggest that ...
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... versions include “ I slit a sheet , a sheet I slit " and " I slit a sheet ... three of his old friends go out with him to a bar . The first asks , " Did ... versions of an item of folk- lore as possible . There is always a risk of ...
... versions include “ I slit a sheet , a sheet I slit " and " I slit a sheet ... three of his old friends go out with him to a bar . The first asks , " Did ... versions of an item of folk- lore as possible . There is always a risk of ...
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... third line of the first version but in the first line of the second. Such sequential variation is common in folklore, both ... three versions of a rather sentimental example: When nature folds her curtains back And pins them with a star ...
... third line of the first version but in the first line of the second. Such sequential variation is common in folklore, both ... three versions of a rather sentimental example: When nature folds her curtains back And pins them with a star ...
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... three little words Forget-me-not. Down in the cellar Carved on a rock Are ... multiple existence and variation. The variation may be reflected in such details as ... versions of one item to illustrate the genre: Governmental Economics 101 ...
... three little words Forget-me-not. Down in the cellar Carved on a rock Are ... multiple existence and variation. The variation may be reflected in such details as ... versions of one item to illustrate the genre: Governmental Economics 101 ...
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... versions , and that is fortunate for us , as it allows us to distinguish some of the salient differential elements . I shall confine my comparison to just three details , two of which involve numbers . The first concerns the number of ...
... versions , and that is fortunate for us , as it allows us to distinguish some of the salient differential elements . I shall confine my comparison to just three details , two of which involve numbers . The first concerns the number of ...
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