دانلود کتاب Hellenism and the Primary History: The Imprint of Greek Sources in Genesis - 2 Kings

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Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: An intellectual odyssey
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 1 A Hellenistic First Testament?: The views of minimalist scholars
Giovanni Garbini
Niels Peter Lemche
Thomas L. Thompson
Russell Gmirkin
Lukasz Niesiolowski-Spano
Philippe Wajdenbaum
Various authors
Personal observations
Note
Bibliography
Chapter 2 Spilt water: Tales of David in 2 Sam 23:13–17 and of Alexander in Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander 6.26.1–3
Questions about the biblical account
Parallels with stories about Alexander the Great
Detailed comparison of the accounts
Implications of the comparison
Critical observations
Dating the narrative
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 3 Abducted wives: A Hellenistic narrative in Judges 21?
Hellenistic origins
Hellenistic influences in the book of Judges
Analysis of Judges 21
Judges 21 read together with the classical authors Livy (59 BCE–17 CE) and Plutarch (46–120 CE)
Messenian men kidnap Lacedaemonian maidens at Limnae
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 4 From prison to prestige: The hero who helps a king in Jewish and Greek literature
The Jew in the foreign court
Hellenistic romances and Jewish novels
Joseph and Democedes in Herodotus
Textual comparison of Herodotus, Histories 3, Genesis 39–41, and the Daniel accounts
Significance of the Jewish and Greek stories
Herodotus and Biblical narratives
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 5 Divine messengers in Genesis 18–19 and Ovid
Theoxeni stories in Ugaritic, Biblical, and classical literature
Detailed comparison of Gen 18:1–15 and the story of Hyrieus in Ovid, Fasti 5.495–534
Comparison of the story of Lot and his wife in Gen 19:1–3, 11–26 and the account of Baucis and Philemon in Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.625–725
Was biblical narrative inspired by classical traditions?
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 6 Greek connections: Genesis 1–11 and the poetry of Hesiod
Persian or Hellenistic origins?
Connections with Hesiod
Human decline throughout the ages
Increasing distance of God
Origin of the world
Women and the “fall”
Sexual unions of gods and humans
Humanity descended from a flood hero
Age of vegetarianism
Segmented genealogies
Symbolic allusions to history
Migrations and founding cities
Prelude to the contemporary age
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 7 Genesis 1–11 and the Greek historiographers Hecataeus of Miletus and Herodotus of Halicarnassus
Preludes to history
Relationship between the Greek and biblical traditions
Conclusion
Note
Bibliography
Chapter 8 Heed your steeds: Achilles’ horses and Balaam’s donkey
Homer, Iliad, Book 19,395–424 (translation is from Murray and Wyatt 1999)
Numbers 22:21–34
Numbers 22:21–34 and the Iliad, Book 19, 395–424, compared
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 9 Samson and Heracles revisited
Dating the traditions
Relationship of Samson and Heracles
Parallels with other Greek legends and customs
Consideration of specific themes
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 10 The sacrificed maiden: Iphigenia and Jephthah’s daughter
Analysis of the narratives
Conclusion
Note
Bibliography
Chapter 11 The maximalist/minimalist debate over historical memory in the primary history of the Old Testament
History of the discussion
Attempt at resolution
Bibliography
Primary sources index
General index