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 18
עמוד 5
... appears to be sacred is sacred in form but essentially secular in motivation and purpose . This is particularly true of the various law codes found in the Torah . According to the Torah , God promulgated all of these laws . But the laws ...
... appears to be sacred is sacred in form but essentially secular in motivation and purpose . This is particularly true of the various law codes found in the Torah . According to the Torah , God promulgated all of these laws . But the laws ...
עמוד 9
... appears : obedience to God is to be rewarded ; disobedience is to be punished . God is seen to be in charge of history , a theme often repeated throughout the remainder of the Hebrew Bible . ADAM In the other creation story ( Gen 2.4 ...
... appears : obedience to God is to be rewarded ; disobedience is to be punished . God is seen to be in charge of history , a theme often repeated throughout the remainder of the Hebrew Bible . ADAM In the other creation story ( Gen 2.4 ...
עמוד 11
... appears to disallow capital punishment . Cain who killed his brother , Abel , is not to be killed but condemned as a fugitive and wanderer ( 4.8-15 ) . Established society requires obedience to its legal structure . The story also ...
... appears to disallow capital punishment . Cain who killed his brother , Abel , is not to be killed but condemned as a fugitive and wanderer ( 4.8-15 ) . Established society requires obedience to its legal structure . The story also ...
עמוד 12
... appear to contradict the orientation of Abraham offered in Genesis . Jacob cheats his twin , Esau , out of his father's blessing , and is sent away by his mother out of fear that Esau will take revenge on him . In another version ...
... appear to contradict the orientation of Abraham offered in Genesis . Jacob cheats his twin , Esau , out of his father's blessing , and is sent away by his mother out of fear that Esau will take revenge on him . In another version ...
עמוד 16
... appears that he was truly unaware : when Esau returned and identified himself : " Isaac was seized with very violent trembling , " ( 27.33 ) but , almost immediately stated , " Your brother came with guile and took your blessing ...
... appears that he was truly unaware : when Esau returned and identified himself : " Isaac was seized with very violent trembling , " ( 27.33 ) but , almost immediately stated , " Your brother came with guile and took your blessing ...
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