The Hebrew Bible as Mythic “Vocabulary”: Towards a New Comparative Mythology
In this article, I argue that the history of the study of myth in the Hebrew Bible has been, and continues to be, shaped in negative ways by an essentially Romantic Nationalist understanding of the relationship between a people and their traditions. I then argue that more appropriate ways of modelin...
Main Author: | Andrew Tobolowsky |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-09-01
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Series: | Religions |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/9/459 |
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