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