Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic: Essays in the History of the Religion of Israel

Frank Moore Cross

Published by Harvard University Press 1973

Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic

Essays in the History of the Religion of Israel

Frank Moore Cross

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674030084

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Cross traces the continuities between early Israelite religion and the Canaanite culture from which it emerged; explores the tension between the mythic and the historical in Israel’s religious expression; and examines the reemergence of Canaanite mythic material in the apocalypticism of early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Reviews

Cross’s classic work is…an essential element in the armory of any serious biblical scholar… If you haven’t got it, get it! It is profound, definitive, and wonderfully readable.
-- J. Harold Ellens Journal of Psychology and Christianity

The essays in this study are all written with the complementary breadth of scope and attention to detail characteristic of Cross; each one is stimulating and several are a mine of information beyond the confines of the essay’s topic.
-- Bezalel Porten Journal of the American Academy of Religion

Deserves to be read carefully and to be digested slowly… [This] book is full of fertile and productive theories.
-- P. Wernberg-Moller Journal of Jewish Studies

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Frank Moore Cross Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
I. The Religion of Canaan and the God of Israel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. The Cultus of the Israelite League Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
III. League and Kingdom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
IV. Kings and Prophets Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
V. Exile and Apocalyptic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
Index of Biblical Citations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
Index of Ugaritic Citations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	364
Index of Technical Terms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	366
Index of Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367
General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1973
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 397

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Published: July 1, 2009
ISBN: 9780674030084