Folk-lore in the Old Testament : : Studies in Comparative Religion, Legend, and Law / / James George Frazer.
This volume includes myths, stories, priestly speculations, ritual magic, and legal provisions from many lands that parallel to the Old Testament.
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Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (510 p.) |
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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