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Myth, history, and metaphor in the Hebrew Bible
- Title
- Myth, history, and metaphor in the Hebrew Bible / Paul K.-K Cho (Wesley Theological Seminary).
- Author
- Cho, Paul K. -K., 1979-
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- xii, 265 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This book examines the long-debated issue of the relationship between the Hebrew Bible and ancient Near Eastern myths. Using an innovative, interdisciplinary methodology that combines theories of metaphor and narrative, Paul Cho argues that the Hebrew Bible is more deeply mythological than previously recognized. Because the Hebrew Bible contains fragments of the sea myth but no continuous narrative, the study of myth in the Hebrew Bible is usually circumscribed to the level of motifs and themes. Cho challenges this practice and demonstrates that the Hebrew Bible contains shorter and longer compositions studded with imagery that is structured by the plot of sea myths. Through close analysis of key Near Eastern myths and biblical texts, Cho shows that myth had a fundamental influence on the plot structure and conceptual framework of the Hebrew Bible than has been recognized"--
- Uniform Title
- Sea in the Hebrew Bible
- Alternative Title
- Sea in the Hebrew Bible
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Harvard University, 2014, titled The sea in the Hebrew Bible : myth, metaphor, and muthos.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-247) and indexes.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Myth as story and metaphor -- The sea myth -- The sea myth and creation -- The sea myth and Exodus -- The sea myth and Exile -- The sea myth and Eschaton -- The sea myth and the Hebrew Bible.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-5088
- ISBN
- 9781108476195
- 1108476198
- 9781108469968
- 1108469965
- LCCN
- 2018031726
- OCLC
- 1045203060
- Author
- Cho, Paul K. -K., 1979- author.
- Title
- Myth, history, and metaphor in the Hebrew Bible / Paul K.-K Cho (Wesley Theological Seminary).
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-247) and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-5088