In Slaying the Dragon: Mythmaking in the Biblical Tradition, Bernard Batto argues that biblical authors, like other ancient Near East authors, used mythic traditions in composing their works. Batto joins massive evidence with masterful argument to show that myth actually lies at the heart of the theological enterprise of the biblical authors. Slaying the Dragon is sure to provoke dicussion on the theological relevance of myth in the biblical tradition.
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Bernard F. Batto is Professor of Religious Studies at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.
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Slaying the Dragon,
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This book discusses many theories for the origin of torah stories. However, I found that the books' hypotheses differ widely from the most accepted scholarly accounts. I am not sure that I believed all of the proposals that the author puts forth. If you are interested in far reaching alternatives to tradiational scholarship, then this book is for you. If you wish to review a more classical account of biblical origins try Cyrus Gorden's "The Ancient Near East."
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Batto is genius,
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I found "Slaying the Dragon" to be enlightening, and very informative. Batto's style of writing clearly presents the ancient near-eastern myths in a easy to understand fashion. His book is a must for any student of Hebrew scripture, and a key to understanding the origins of the Old Testament.
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Priestly Writer, Combat Myth, Red Sea, Old Babylonian, Near Eastern, Yahweh God, Song of the Sea, Documentary Hypothesis, Judge River, Prince Sea, Mount Zion, Hebrew Bible, Promised Land, Sea of End, Gog of Magog, Babylonian Enuma, Mount Zaphon, Reed Sea, Deuteronomistic History, George Smith, Ugaritic Baal New!
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This book is about myth and mythmaking in the Bible. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Priestly Writer, Combat Myth, Red Sea, Old Babylonian, Near Eastern, Yahweh God, Song of the Sea, Documentary Hypothesis, Judge River, Prince Sea, Mount Zion, Hebrew Bible, Promised Land, Sea of End, Gog of Magog, Babylonian Enuma, Mount Zaphon, Reed Sea, Deuteronomistic History, George Smith, Ugaritic Baal New!
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- Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic: Essays in the History of the Religion of Israel by Frank Moore Cross on 8 pages
- Creation and the Persistence of Evil by Jon D. Levenson on 5 pages
- Who Wrote the Bible? by Richard Elliott Friedman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Biblical Canon in Comparative Perspective (Scripture in Context, Vol 4) by K. Lawson Younger in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic by Jeffrey H. Tigay in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Plots Of Epiphany: Prison-escape In Acts Of The Apostles. (Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift Fur Die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft Und Die Kunde Der Alteren Kirche) by John B. Weaver on page 90, and Back Matter
- The Epic Voice: by Alan D. Hodder on page 44, and page 47
- Defending God: Biblical Responses to the Problem of Evil by James L. Crenshaw in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii by Brian Ruh in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Jonah's Journeys (Interfaces) by Barbara Green on page 109, and Back Matter
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