Mythology among the Hebrews and Its Historical Development
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- MYTHOLOGY AMONG THE HEBREWS
- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- INTRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER I. ON HEBREW MYTHOLOGY.
- CHAPTER II. SOURCES OF HEBREW MYTHOLOGY.
- CHAPTER III. THE METHOD OF INVESTIGATING HEBREW MYTHS.
- CHAPTER IV. NOMADISM AND AGRICULTURE.
- CHAPTER V. THE MOST PROMINENT FIGURES IN HEBREW MYTHOLOGY.
- CHAPTER VI. THE MYTH OF CIVILISATION AND THE FIRST SHAPING OF HEBREW RELIGION.
- CHAPTER VII. INFLUENCE OF THE AWAKING NATIONAL IDEA ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE HEBREW MYTH.
- CHAPTER VIII. COMMENCEMENT OF MONOTHEISM AND THE DIFFERENTIATION OF THE MYTHS.
- CHAPTER IX. PROPHETISM AND THE JAHVEH-RELIGION.
- CHAPTER X. THE HEBREW MYTH IN THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY.
- EXCURSUS
- A. (Page 30.) Agadic Etymologies.
- B. (Page 34.) A Hermeneutical Law of the Agâdâ.
- C. (Page 100.) Pools and Whips of the Sun.
- D. (Page 100.) Solar Myth and Animal-Worship.
- E. (Page 109.) The Sun as a Well.
- F. (Page 113.) Cain in Arabic.
- G. (Page 116.) Grammatical Note on Joel II. 2.
- H. (Page 153.) Hajnal.
- I. (Page 155.) The Sun growing Pale and the Moon Red.
- K. (Page 155.) Colour of the Sun.
- L. (Page 189.) Transformation of Foreign Stories in Mohammedan Legends.
- M. (Page 212.) The Origins.
- N. (Page 254.) Influence of National Passion on Genealogical Statements.
- APPENDIX.
- TWO ESSAYS BY H. STEINTHAL,
- THE ORIGINAL FORM OF THE LEGEND OF PROMETHEUS:
- THE LEGEND OF SAMSON.
- INDEX.
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