Sacred History Sacred Literature

Author : Richard Elliott Friedman
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred History, Sacred Literature written by Richard Elliott Friedman and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 2008 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Friedman is well known in the field of biblical studies, not only because of his contributions to the study of the Hebrew Bible (which are many) but also because he has written cogently and clearly for a much wider audience, outside the academy, most notably in his Who Wrote the Bible? (1997). In addition, his influence has crossed the boundaries of a variety of disciplines such as source criticism, archaeology, the ancient Near East, as well as religious studies. The essays in this volume reflect the breadth and depth of Richard Friedman's life and work. Several contributors discuss topics related to the Hebrew Bible: for example, Jacob Milgrom examines the relationship between Ezekiel and the Levites and Carol Meyers discusses the Tabernacle texts in the context of Priestly influence on them; Ronald Hendel, Michael Homan, and Robert Wilson explore the history of source criticism, with detailed source-critical analysis of Genesis 1-11 and the book of Kings. Jeffrey Geoghegan discusses the origins of the Passover in one of several insightful essays under the topic "Israel and the Ancient Near East." Among the contributions specific to archaeology, Baruch Halpern's provides a provocative "Defense of Forgery." Lastly, four contributors (e.g., Alan Cooper) discuss religion and religious studies, along with ramifications for contemporary application. A fine collection of contemporary topics discussed by leading scholars in the field.

Author : Jonathan Black
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781780874876
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sacred History written by Jonathan Black and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-04 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Sacred History' is an account of the workings of the supernatural in history. It tells the epic story of angels from creation to evolution, through to the operations of the supernatural in the modern world.

Author : Katherine Van Liere
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0199594791
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred History written by Katherine Van Liere and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first geographically broad, comparative survey of early modern 'sacred history', or writing on the history of the Christian Church, its leaders and saints, and its internal developments, in the two centuries from c. 1450 to c. 1650.

Author : Aníbal Gonzalez
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822983028
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Search of the Sacred Book written by Aníbal Gonzalez and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2018-05-18 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Search of the Sacred Book studies the artistic incorporation of religious concepts such as prophecy, eternity, and the afterlife in the contemporary Latin American novel. It departs from sociopolitical readings by noting the continued relevance of religion in Latin American life and culture, despite modernity’s powerful secularizing influence. Analyzing Jorge Luis Borges’s secularized “narrative theology” in his essays and short stories, the book follows the development of the Latin American novel from the early twentieth century until today by examining the attempts of major novelists, from María Luisa Bombal, Alejo Carpentier, and Juan Rulfo, to Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, and José Lezama Lima, to “sacralize” the novel by incorporating traits present in the sacred texts of many religions. It concludes with a view of the “desacralization” of the novel by more recent authors, from Elena Poniatowska and Fernando Vallejo to Roberto Bolaño.

Author : S. A. Nigosian
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801879906
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Ancient Writings to Sacred Texts written by S. A. Nigosian and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2004-10-27 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nigosian explores the diverse literary antecedents of the Old Testament as well as the Apocrypha -- books excluded from the canonical Hebrew text but included in the Septuagint.

Author : Mark Booth
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451698585
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sacred History written by Mark Booth and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of stories and illustrations—all about the wonders of the spiritual realm—takes you on a captivating ride from the great myths of ancient civilization to astounding discoveries of the modern era. Written by the New York Times bestselling author of The Secret History of the World, The Sacred History takes you on a captivating journey through the great myths of ancient civilizations to the astounding discoveries of the modern era. The Sacred History is the epic story of human interaction with angels and other forms of higher intelligence, starting from Creation all the way through to the operations of the supernatural in the modern world. What emerges is an alternative history of great men and women, guided by angels or demons, and the connection between modern-day mystics and their ancient counterparts. This spellbinding historical narrative brings together great figures—such as Krishna, Moses, Buddha, Elijah, Mary and Jesus, and Mohammed—and stories from African, Native American, and Celtic traditions. Woven into this is an amazing array of mystical connections, including the surprising roots not only of astrology and alternative medicine but also of important literary and artistic movements, aspects of mainstream science and religion and a wide range of cultural references that takes in modern cinema, music and literature. This is a book of true stories, but it is also a book about stories. It shows how they can tell us things about the deep structure of the human experience that are sometimes forgotten, revealing mysterious and mystic patterns, and helping us to see the operation of the supernatural in our own lives.

Author : Richard Elliott Friedman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520096370
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Creation of Sacred Literature written by Richard Elliott Friedman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Francis Horne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East written by Charles Francis Horne and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles H. Simpkinson
Publisher : Harper San Francisco
ISBN 13 : 9780062508522
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Stories written by Charles H. Simpkinson and published by Harper San Francisco. This book was released on 1993 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an eclectic assortment of stories by popular authors, storytellers, psychologists and spiritual teachers.

Author : Marek Winiarczyk
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110294885
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The "Sacred History" of Euhemerus of Messene written by Marek Winiarczyk and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his utopian novel Hiera Anagraphe (Sacred History) Euhemerus of Messene (ca. 300 B.C.) describes his travel to the island Panchaia in the Indian Ocean where he discovered an inscribed stele in the temple of Zeus Triphylius. It turned out that the Olympian gods (Uranos, Kronos, Zeus) were deified kings. The travels of Zeus allowed to describe peoples and places all over the world. Winiarczyk investigates the sources of the theological views of Euhemerus. He proves that Euhemerus’ religious views were rooted in old Greek tradition (the worship of heroes, gods as founders of their own cult, tombs of gods, euergetism, rationalistic interpretation of myths, the explanations of the origin of religion by the sophists, the ruler cult). The description of the Panchaian society is intended to suggest an archaic and closed culture, in which the stele recording res gestae of the deified kings might have been preserved. The translation of Ennius’ Euhemerus sive Sacra historia (ca. 200 - ca. 194) is a free prose rendering, which Lactantius knew only indirectly. The book is concluded by a short history of Euhemerism in the pagan, Christian and Jewish literature.