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.)

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

Table of Contents

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