Folk-lore in the Old Testament : : Studies in Comparative Religion, Legend, and Law / / James George Frazer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Frazer, James George,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (510 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; PREFACE TO THE ABRIDGED EDITION --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; PART I. THE EARLY AGES OF THE WORLD --; CHAPTER I. THE CREATION OF MAN --; CHAPTER II. THE FALL OF MAN --; CHAPTER III. THE MARK OF CAIN --; CHAPTER IV. THE GREAT FLOOD --; CHAPTER V. THE TOWER OF BABEL --; PART II. THE PATRIARCHAL AGE --; CHAPTER I. THE COVENANT OF ABRAHAM --; CHAPTER II. THE HEIRSHIP OF JACOB OR ULTIMOGENITURE --; CHAPTER III. JACOB AND THE KIDSKINS OR THE NEW BIRTH --; CHAPTER IV. JACOB AT BETHEL --; CHAPTER V. JACOB AT THE WELL --; CHAPTER VI. THE COVENANT ON THE CAIRN --; CHAPTER VII. JACOB AT THE FORD OF THE JABBOK --; CHAPTER VIII. JOSEPH'S CUP --; PART III. THE TIMES OF THE JUDGES AND THE KINGS --; CHAPTER I. MOSES IN THE ARK OF BULRUSHES --; CHAPTER II. SAMSON AND DELILAH --; CHAPTER III. THE BUNDLE OF LIFE --; CHAPTER IV. THE WITCH OF ENDOR --; CHAPTER V. THE SIN OF A CENSUS --; CHAPTER VI. THE KEEPERS OF THE THRESHOLD --; CHAPTER VII. SACRED OAKS AND TEREBINTHS --; CHAPTER VIII. THE HIGH PLACES OF ISRAEL --; CHAPTER IX. THE SILENT WIDOW --; PART IV. THE LAW --; CHAPTER I. THE PLACE OF THE LAW IN JEWISH HISTORY --; CHAPTER II. NOT TO SEETHE A KID IN ITS MOTHER'S MILK --; CHAPTER III. CUTTINGS FOR THE DEAD --; CHAPTER IV. THE OX THAT GORED --; CHAPTER V. THE GOLDEN BELLS --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463229221; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463229221
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: James George Frazer.

This volume includes myths, stories, priestly speculations, ritual magic, and legal provisions from many lands that parallel to the Old Testament.