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Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking (Paperback, New ed)
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Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking (Paperback, New ed)
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A comprehensive and systematic exploration of myth in the Hebrew
Bible. In addition, Michael Fishbane examines the ongoing role of
Scripture in the expansion and transformation of myth in ancient
Jewish sources (Midrash and Talmud) and in the classical work of
medieval Jewish mysticism (the book of Zohar). The role of myth and
monotheism is taken up, and the texts of myth are subjected to
close analytical treatment, dealing with matters of form, theme,
and theology. In particular, the creative role of exegesis, and its
capacity to generate new myths and to justify older or pre-existent
ones, is explored. Aspects of continuity and discontinuity with
biblical and ancient Near Eastern sources are examined, and the
explosive innovations of myth in the various literary phases are
considered. In exploring three major phases of Jewish culture,
Michael Fishbane offers a new appreciation for the reality of myth
and its varieties. Many new conceptual and analytical categories
are presented, as well as numerous close readings of the texts at
hand.
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