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Prologue to history : the Yahwist as historian in Genesis

Title
Prologue to history : the Yahwist as historian in Genesis / John Van Seters.
Author
Van Seters, John
Publication
Louisville, Ky. : Westminster/John Knox Press, ©1992.

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Description
xiii, 367 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • Bible. > Historiography
  • Bible
  • Jahwist
  • Genesis
  • J document (Biblical criticism)
  • History, Ancient > Historiography
  • Historiography
  • Genesis (bijbelboek)
  • Jahwist
  • Geschiedschrijving
  • Oudheid
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-354) and indexes.
Contents
1. The Problem of Form. 2. Myth and Tradition in Ancient Historiography -- pt. 1. Primeval History in Antiquity. 3. Mesopotamian Traditions on the Primeval History. 4. Greek Traditions About the Primeval Age -- pt. 2. Primeval History of the Yahwist. 5. The Story of Paradise. 6. The Story of Cain and Abel. 7. The Marriage of the Sons of God. 8. The Story of the Flood. 9. The Table of Nations. 10. The Primeval History as a Whole -- pt. 3. The Patriarchs. 11. Genealogies and Itineraries. 12. The Theme of the Patriarchal Promises. 13. The Land-Promise Theme in the Old Testament. 14. The Promise Theme Within the Abraham-Isaac Stories. 15. The Jacob Story. 16. Jacob and the Story of Joseph.
ISBN
  • 0664219675
  • 9780664219673
  • 0664221793
  • 9780664221799
LCCN
91045298
OCLC
  • ocm25009381
  • 25009381
  • SCSB-2015857
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library