Folk-lore in the Old Testament
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Folk-lore in the Old Testament

Studies in Comparative Religion, Legend, and Law

  1. 510 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Folk-lore in the Old Testament

Studies in Comparative Religion, Legend, and Law

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. PREFACE TO THE ABRIDGED EDITION
  2. PREFACE
  3. CONTENTS
  4. PART I. THE EARLY AGES OF THE WORLD
  5. CHAPTER I. THE CREATION OF MAN
  6. CHAPTER II. THE FALL OF MAN
  7. CHAPTER III. THE MARK OF CAIN
  8. CHAPTER IV. THE GREAT FLOOD
  9. CHAPTER V. THE TOWER OF BABEL
  10. PART II. THE PATRIARCHAL AGE
  11. CHAPTER I. THE COVENANT OF ABRAHAM
  12. CHAPTER II. THE HEIRSHIP OF JACOB OR ULTIMOGENITURE
  13. CHAPTER III. JACOB AND THE KIDSKINS OR THE NEW BIRTH
  14. CHAPTER IV. JACOB AT BETHEL
  15. CHAPTER V. JACOB AT THE WELL
  16. CHAPTER VI. THE COVENANT ON THE CAIRN
  17. CHAPTER VII. JACOB AT THE FORD OF THE JABBOK
  18. CHAPTER VIII. JOSEPH'S CUP
  19. PART III. THE TIMES OF THE JUDGES AND THE KINGS
  20. CHAPTER I. MOSES IN THE ARK OF BULRUSHES
  21. CHAPTER II. SAMSON AND DELILAH
  22. CHAPTER III. THE BUNDLE OF LIFE
  23. CHAPTER IV. THE WITCH OF ENDOR
  24. CHAPTER V. THE SIN OF A CENSUS
  25. CHAPTER VI. THE KEEPERS OF THE THRESHOLD
  26. CHAPTER VII. SACRED OAKS AND TEREBINTHS
  27. CHAPTER VIII. THE HIGH PLACES OF ISRAEL
  28. CHAPTER IX. THE SILENT WIDOW
  29. PART IV. THE LAW
  30. CHAPTER I. THE PLACE OF THE LAW IN JEWISH HISTORY
  31. CHAPTER II. NOT TO SEETHE A KID IN ITS MOTHER'S MILK
  32. CHAPTER III. CUTTINGS FOR THE DEAD
  33. CHAPTER IV. THE OX THAT GORED
  34. CHAPTER V. THE GOLDEN BELLS
  35. INDEX