The Secret Bible: A Secular ApproachSts. Jude imPress, 2006 - 192 עמודים 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. |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 35
עמוד iii
... Samuel David ......... First Kings Second Kings ... The Prophets .... Pre - Exilic Prophets . Jonah ............ Isaiah of the Exile ............ Other Post - Exilic Prophets Psalms .......... Proverbs .......... Job ........... Song of ...
... Samuel David ......... First Kings Second Kings ... The Prophets .... Pre - Exilic Prophets . Jonah ............ Isaiah of the Exile ............ Other Post - Exilic Prophets Psalms .......... Proverbs .......... Job ........... Song of ...
עמוד 31
... Samuel ) Samuel at several sites ; ( 1 Kings 18. 20-46 ) Elijah on Mt. Carmel . The gross idolatry in the last decades before 586 was the likely rationale for this edict , and for Josiah's attempt to centralize the cult in Jerusalem ...
... Samuel ) Samuel at several sites ; ( 1 Kings 18. 20-46 ) Elijah on Mt. Carmel . The gross idolatry in the last decades before 586 was the likely rationale for this edict , and for Josiah's attempt to centralize the cult in Jerusalem ...
עמוד 39
... Samuel , Kings , Chronicles , Ezra and Nehemiah , - were completed - were completed between 630 and 400. During this period , the very existence of the Jewish people was in danger . These historians recast historical records and oral ...
... Samuel , Kings , Chronicles , Ezra and Nehemiah , - were completed - were completed between 630 and 400. During this period , the very existence of the Jewish people was in danger . These historians recast historical records and oral ...
עמוד 47
... Samuel . Let us here consider some background factors influencing the history incorporated into Judges : Israelite tribes were not unified ; Tribal elders led them ; Priests in local shrines served them . These leaders were not adept at ...
... Samuel . Let us here consider some background factors influencing the history incorporated into Judges : Israelite tribes were not unified ; Tribal elders led them ; Priests in local shrines served them . These leaders were not adept at ...
עמוד 48
... Samuel . Judges depicts the secular monarchists opposed to the traditional elites and priests , but that conflict was essentially a secular one : figuring out how this disparate group of tribes could be united as a political and ...
... Samuel . Judges depicts the secular monarchists opposed to the traditional elites and priests , but that conflict was essentially a secular one : figuring out how this disparate group of tribes could be united as a political and ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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