Slaying the Dragon: Mythmaking in the Biblical TraditionWestminster John Knox Press, 01/01/1992 - 248 من الصفحات In Slaying the Dragon: Mythmaking in the Biblical Tradition, Bernard Batto argues that biblical authors, like other ancient Near East authors, used mythic traditions in composing their works. Batto joins massive evidence with masterful argument to show that myth actually lies at the heart of the theological enterprise of the biblical authors. Slaying the Dragon is sure to provoke dicussion on the theological relevance of myth in the biblical tradition. |
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Abyss Adapa Akkadian ancient Near Eastern apkallu apocalyptic Atrabasis Baal myth Babylon battle against chaos Bible biblical tradition book of Ezekiel Canaanite Canaanite Myth century B.C.E. chaos dragon chaos monster chapter covenant created creator crossing dry shod cult cultic death deity deity's deliberately divine sovereign Documentary Hypothesis earth Egypt Egyptians Enki Enkidu Enlil Enuma elish eschatological evil exilic exodus narrative Ezekiel flood story garden Genesis Gilgal God's gods heaven historical humankind Israel Israelite Jesus Jordan Joshua king land legend literary lullû Marduk Mesopotamian Moses motif of crossing Myth and Hebrew mythmaking mythopoeic speculation Numbers Old Babylonian Old Testament oracles original Pentateuch period Pharaoh Press Priestly Writer primeval prophet Psalm Red Sea reveal River sanctuary Semitic Combat Myth serpent Song Sumerian symbol tablets theme theological Ti'amat tion translation tree Ugaritic University Utnapishtim waters wisdom Yahweh Yahwist yam sûp