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9780198267331

Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking

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    9780198267331

  • ISBN10:

    0198267339

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-08-07
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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"This is the first comprehensive account of biblical myth and mythmaking and its Nachleben, or afterlife, in classical rabbinic literature from the Graeco-Roman period (Midrash and Talmud), and in its renaissance in Jewish mystical texts from Spain in the thirteenth century (especially the book of Zohar and its congeners)." "The subject matter is taken up systematically. The book opens with an extensive introduction that takes into account prior work on the subject. In particular, it deals with the contention that myth is foreign to monotheism and Judaism; that its occurrences in biblical and rabbinic literature are either faded fragments, metaphoric conceits, or figurative embellishments, all without any actual ontological validity; and that the occurrences in the mystical literature are the result of foreign influences. A fresh rethinking of the subject opens the way for a reconsideration of the mythic dimensions of monotheism in the Hebrew Bible and Judaism; about continuities and transformations of old themes; and about the role of exegesis in the reception and regeneration and justification of mythic topics."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography


Michael Fishbane is Nathan Cummings Professor of Jewish Studies and Chair of the Committee on Jewish Studies at the University of Chicago

Table of Contents

Abbreviations xi
Introduction 1(30)
I. Biblical Myth
1. Introduction
31(6)
2. Combat Myths and Divine Actions: Prayers and Prophecies of Divine Might
37(21)
A. In the Psalms
37(11)
B. In Prophetic Literature
48(10)
3. Personalization and Historicization of the Combat Motif: In Prayer and Prophecy
58(5)
4. Conclusions and Other Considerations
63(32)
A. Mythic Combat in Ancient Israel
63(6)
B. The Mythic Hierarchy of Ancient Israel
69(12)
C. Myth and Metaphor
81(1)
D. Myth and Tradition
82(13)
II. Rabbinic Myth and Mythmaking
5. Introduction
95(17)
A. The Phenomenon: Topics and Techniques
95(13)
B. Myth and Scripture
108(2)
C. Delimiting the Focus
110(2)
6. God and the Primordial Waters
112(20)
A. Divine Combat and the Primordial Waters
112(12)
B. The Waters of Tehom and the Temple
124(8)
7. Myths of Participation and Pathos
132(28)
A. Myths of Divine Participation: Egyptian Servitude and Other Events
134(12)
B. Exilic Servitude and Divine Redemption
146(14)
8. Myths of Divinity
160(31)
A. Divine Pathos and Personality
160(13)
B. Human Acts and Divine Activation
173(18)
9. Conclusions and Other Considerations
191(62)
A. Myth and Tradition
193(27)
B. Myth and Language
220(9)
C. Myth and the Morphologies of God
229(24)
III. Jewish Myth and Mythmaking in the Middle Ages
10. Introduction
253(20)
A. Some Reception-Histories of Myth
253(14)
B. The Manifestation and Mystery of the Zohar
267(6)
11. The Primordial Serpent and the Secrets of Creation
273(20)
A. Serpent Myths and the Mystery of Evil
275(10)
B. Excursus on Comparative Types
285(8)
12. Divine Sorrow and the Rupture of Exile
293(8)
A. Destruction of the Temple
293(3)
B. Longing for Reunion
296(5)
13. Conclusions
301(5)
14. Final Conclusions
306(9)
Appendix 1: Translations from Talmudic and Zoharic Sources 315(10)
Appendix 2: The Term kivyakhol and its Uses 325(77)
Special Abbreviations for Appendix 2 402(3)
Select Bibliography 405(14)
General Index 419(13)
Index of Scriptural and Other Sources 432(27)
Selected Hebrew Terms 459

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