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The Conflict Myth and the Biblical Tradition
Language: en
Pages: 305
Authors: Debra Scoggins Ballentine
Categories: Bibles
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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In The Conflict Myth and the Biblical Tradition, Debra Scoggins Ballentine analyzes the ancient west Asian theme of divine combat between a victorious warrior d
Slaying the Dragon
Language: en
Pages: 264
Authors: Bernard Frank Batto
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992-01-01 - Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

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"Batto argues persuasively that biblical authors, like other ancient Near Eastern authors, used mythic traditions in composing their new syntheses. . . . His bo
Creation and Chaos
Language: en
Pages: 353
Authors: JoAnn Scurlock
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-14 - Publisher: Penn State Press

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Hermann Gunkel was a scholar in the generation of the origins of Assyriology, the spectacular discovery by George Smith of fragments of the “Chaldean Genesis,
Myth, History, and Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible
Language: en
Pages: 279
Authors: Paul K.-K. Cho
Categories: Bibles
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-02-07 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Explores the influence of the sea myth at the structural and conceptual foundations of the Hebrew Bible.
Premodern Monsters: A Varied Compilation of Pre-modern Judeo-Christian and Japanese Buddhist Monstrous Discourses
Language: en
Pages: 221
Authors: Allan Wright
Categories: Social Science
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Monster Studies is a rising academic topic. Despite hesitancy at first, the subject is now examined by scholars of various academic interests and backgrounds. H