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 25
עמוד 3
... army , Joab , and others against whom David had some grievance . The first verses follow the pattern of " sacred " history , while the latter are " secular , " an instruction from father to son that is real - politik . These ideologies ...
... army , Joab , and others against whom David had some grievance . The first verses follow the pattern of " sacred " history , while the latter are " secular , " an instruction from father to son that is real - politik . These ideologies ...
עמוד 25
... army at the Reed Sea , led the Israelites for forty years through the wilderness , assured them military victories against their enemies , fed them miraculously with quail and manna , and through Moses at Mt. Sinai revealed the Torah to ...
... army at the Reed Sea , led the Israelites for forty years through the wilderness , assured them military victories against their enemies , fed them miraculously with quail and manna , and through Moses at Mt. Sinai revealed the Torah to ...
עמוד 37
... army or be charged with any related duty . He shall be free at home one year , to be happy with the wife whom he has married " ( 24.5 ) . HOLINESS CODE ( Leviticus ) a.k.a Priestly Code о " When you reap the harvest of your land , you ...
... army or be charged with any related duty . He shall be free at home one year , to be happy with the wife whom he has married " ( 24.5 ) . HOLINESS CODE ( Leviticus ) a.k.a Priestly Code о " When you reap the harvest of your land , you ...
עמוד 41
... army ( 2 Kings 25:19 , Jer . 52:25 ; cf. Josh . 18 : 9 ; Judg . 8 : 13- 17 ) ; ☐and the judicial administration ( Jer . 32 : 11-14 ) . the priesthood also had scribes specializing in the storage of legal material through writing ( Jer ...
... army ( 2 Kings 25:19 , Jer . 52:25 ; cf. Josh . 18 : 9 ; Judg . 8 : 13- 17 ) ; ☐and the judicial administration ( Jer . 32 : 11-14 ) . the priesthood also had scribes specializing in the storage of legal material through writing ( Jer ...
עמוד 50
... army of 32,000 to 10,000 and then to 300 : " And the Lord said to Gideon , ' You have too many troops with you for Me to deliver Midian into their hands ; Israel might claim for itself the glory due to me , thinking , " Our own hand has ...
... army of 32,000 to 10,000 and then to 300 : " And the Lord said to Gideon , ' You have too many troops with you for Me to deliver Midian into their hands ; Israel might claim for itself the glory due to me , thinking , " Our own hand has ...
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