Slaying the Dragon Mythmaking in the Biblical Tradition

Name: Slaying the Dragon Mythmaking in the Biblical Tradition
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ISBN: 9780664253530

ISBN-10: 0664253539

ISBN-13: 9780664253530

Edition: N/A

Authors: Bernard F. Batto

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Book details

List price: $48.00
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date: 11/1/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 15.20" tall
Weight: 0.022
Language: English

<b Bernard F. Batto</b is Professor of Religious Studies at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.



Preface


Introduction


Mythopoeic Speculation in Babylon


The Yahwist's Primeval Myth


The Priestly Revision of the Creation Myth


The Exodus as Myth


Crossing Dry Shod: Mythopoeic Speculation in Cult


Egypt and Gog as Mythic Symbols in Ezekiel


Conclusion


Epilogue: Mythopoeism in the New Treatmcnt


Abbreviations


Notes


Index of Scripture References


Index of Foreign Words


Index of Authors


Index of Subjects