The Secret Bible: A Secular ApproachSts. Jude imPress, 2006 - 192 pagine The basic thesis of The Secret Bible: A Secular Approach to the Bible is that the traditions which comprise the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament) were in their original form secular. It was only later when the existence of the Jewish people was threatened that the texts that made up the Bible were religionized, that is, God was made the center of the stories and histories and was seen as the single, all-powerful deity who had a special relationship to the Jewish people. Before the Bible was religionized, Israelite society was much like the others in the ancient Middle East with a secular government and sacrificial cult centered on altars in various temples. Many of the laws found in the legal codes of the first fivebooks of the Bible are secular. The stories of the first Hebrew found in the Pentateuch are essentially secular accounts of families and their problems. Religious elements were later added. The secular nature of the Bible will make it more accessible to those readers who do not accept God as the author of history and in control of nature. |
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Pagina 3
... given reality : why the monarchy was necessary , to motivate the people to obey a leader's commands by convincing them that retributive justice was reinforced by the laws given by God to Moses on Mt. Sinai . The text of the Hebrew Bible ...
... given reality : why the monarchy was necessary , to motivate the people to obey a leader's commands by convincing them that retributive justice was reinforced by the laws given by God to Moses on Mt. Sinai . The text of the Hebrew Bible ...
Pagina 10
... given Paradise , a perfect existence with just a single condition : they may eat anything in the garden except from the trees of knowledge of good and evil , and from the tree of life ( 2.9 , 16-17 ; 3.22-24 ) . Like children , they ...
... given Paradise , a perfect existence with just a single condition : they may eat anything in the garden except from the trees of knowledge of good and evil , and from the tree of life ( 2.9 , 16-17 ; 3.22-24 ) . Like children , they ...
Pagina 21
... given the hostility to mixed marriage throughout the Bible . JOSEPH The final series of Genesis narratives involve Joseph as the main character , in conflicts with his brothers and father . Jacob , that master of conflicts , sets the ...
... given the hostility to mixed marriage throughout the Bible . JOSEPH The final series of Genesis narratives involve Joseph as the main character , in conflicts with his brothers and father . Jacob , that master of conflicts , sets the ...
Pagina 33
... given orally , and memorized by practice . Family groups formed into clans then into tribes , causing their laws to gradually assume a formal structure . Their codes were early on enforced through group pressure , and then by men in ...
... given orally , and memorized by practice . Family groups formed into clans then into tribes , causing their laws to gradually assume a formal structure . Their codes were early on enforced through group pressure , and then by men in ...
Pagina 39
... given socio - politico - economic environment - as affected by its geographical setting and material culture . An essential part of understanding history lies in recognizing the ideologies present in a society and the ideologies of its ...
... given socio - politico - economic environment - as affected by its geographical setting and material culture . An essential part of understanding history lies in recognizing the ideologies present in a society and the ideologies of its ...
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Abraham Absalom Achish Ahab Ahaziah Amos Aram army Asherah Assyria Baal Babylon Babylonia Biblical Bilhah blessing Book of Esther books of Samuel brothers Canaan Canaanite chapters clear commandments conflict conquered conquest covenant David death defeated deity destroyed Deuteronomic historians Deuteronomy Ecclesiastes Egypt enemies Esau essentially secular Esther evil exile Exodus Ezra faith father Genesis God's gods hand Hebrew Bible holy human ideology idolatry Isaac Isaiah Israel Israelite society Israelites Jacob Jereboam Jeremiah Jewish Jews Joab Jonathan Joseph Joshua Josiah Judaea Judah Judges killed king kingdom land laws live Lord of hosts Manasseh Moab monarchy monolatry monotheism Mordecai Moses narratives nations Nehemiah northern tribes Numbers offerings Philistines priesthood priestly priests prophets punishment Rachel reign religious role sacralized sacred account sacrifices sacrificial cult Samuel Saul Saul's says the Lord secular secular account servant sins Solomon Song sons survival Temple in Jerusalem Torah worship Yahweh