Hebrew Myths: The Book of GenesisRosetta Books, 2014 M05 15 - 312 pages The I, Claudius author’s “lightning sharp interpretations and insights . . . are here brought to bear with equal effectiveness on the Book of Genesis” (Kirkus Reviews). This is a comprehensive look at the stories that make up the Old Testament and the Jewish religion, including the folk tales, apocryphal texts, midrashes, and other little-known documents that the Old Testament and the Torah do not include. In this exhaustive study, Robert Graves provides a fascinating account of pre-Biblical texts that have been censored, suppressed, and hidden for centuries, and which now emerge to give us a clearer view of Hebrew myth and religion than ever. Venerable classicist and historian Robert Graves recounts the ancient Hebrew stories, both obscure and familiar, with a rich sense of storytelling, culture, and spirituality. This book is sure to be riveting to students of Jewish or Judeo-Christian history, culture, and religion. |
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EARLIER CREATIONS | 5 |
THE PRIMEVAL MONSTERS DESCRIBED | 6 |
THE REEM AND THE | 7 |
THE FALL OF LUCIFER | 8 |
PARADISE | |
THE FALL OF | |
SAMAELS REBELLION | |
THE BIRTHS OF CAIN AND ABEL | |
THE ACT OF LOVE | |
THE FRATRICIDE | |
THE BIRTH OF SETH | |
THE SONS OF GOD AND THE DAUGHTERS OF | |
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Abel Abraham Abram According Adam Adam's Amorites ancient angels answered Arab Aramaean Asenath asked Babylonian Talmud beasts Biblical Bilhah blessing brothers Cain Canaan Canaanite Cave century B.C. Creation cried curse daughter death descendants Deuteronomy Dinah divine Earth Edom Edomite Egypt Egyptian Eliezer Enoch Esau Esau's evil Exodus father first-born flocks garments Genesis God's Goddess Greek myth Hagar Harran Heaven Hebrew Hebron Hittite Isaac Isaiah Ishmael Israel Israelite Jacob Jerusalem Jewish Joseph Joshua Judah killed King Laban land later Leah Leviathan Lilith lived Lord marriage married midrash Moses mother Mount Nahor night Nimrod Noah Numbers Palestine Paradise patriarchs Pharaoh Psalm punishment Quoted Rachel Rebekah Reuben righteous sacrifice Samael Sarai Sepher Hayashar serpent seven Shechem Shem Shemhazai Simeon Sodom sons Tamar Tanhuma Tanhuma Buber Tehom Terah teraphim Testament Tiamat told tractate tribes Ugaritic Utnapishtim wife woman worship Yalqut Zuleika