Structuralist Interpretation of Biblical Myth

The essays in this 1983 volume offer interesting and thought-provoking structuralist insights for a variety of particular cases in the Scriptures.

List of contents

1. Introduction Edmund Leach; 2. Anthropological approaches to the study of the Bible during the twentieth century Edmund Leach; 3. Why did Moses have a sister? (The Royal Anthropological Institute Presidential Address for 1972) Edmund Leach; 4. Melchisedech and the emperor: icons of subversion and orthodoxy Edmund Leach; 5. Against genres: are parables lights set in candlesticks or put under a bushel? Edmund Leach; 6. The fate of Lot's wife: structural mediation in Biblical mythology D. Alan Aycock; 7. The mark of Cain D. Alan Aycock; Author index; Index of biblical references.

Summary

Through the application of anthropological techniques for analysing myth the essays in this 1983 volume offer interesting and thought-provoking structuralist insights for a variety of particular cases in the Scriptures. They also summise past interactions between anthropologists and Christian theologians, and enter the debate on the historicity of Biblical events.

Product details

• Authors: D. Alan Aycock, Edmund Leach, Edmund Ronald Leach
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2011
• EAN: 9780521274920
• ISBN: 978-0-521-27492-0
• No. of pages: 154
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 234 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous