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. |
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עמוד 4
... Central to its ideology was the centralization of worship and sacrifice in Jerusalem , and the concept of retributive justice . These authors ' work is found in the Book of Deuteronomy and the histories , from Joshua through II Kings ...
... Central to its ideology was the centralization of worship and sacrifice in Jerusalem , and the concept of retributive justice . These authors ' work is found in the Book of Deuteronomy and the histories , from Joshua through II Kings ...
עמוד 8
... central documents of the Hebrew Bible are included in the Pentateuch , also known as the Torah and the Five Books of Moses ; God's revelation to Moses on Mt. Sinai two years after the ' Children of Israel's ' Exodus from Egypt . Such a ...
... central documents of the Hebrew Bible are included in the Pentateuch , also known as the Torah and the Five Books of Moses ; God's revelation to Moses on Mt. Sinai two years after the ' Children of Israel's ' Exodus from Egypt . Such a ...
עמוד 9
... central element in all of these narratives except for the Joseph cycle ( 37.1-50.26 ) as well as other minor exceptions ( 46.1-4 ) . Central to Genesis are God's dealings with the world , and Israel's special role in God's purpose . The ...
... central element in all of these narratives except for the Joseph cycle ( 37.1-50.26 ) as well as other minor exceptions ( 46.1-4 ) . Central to Genesis are God's dealings with the world , and Israel's special role in God's purpose . The ...
עמוד 25
... central figures . After four hundred years of slavery in Egypt , the people had been freed through the ten plagues brought by God against their masters . Those plagues with the death of his son finally led Pharaoh to allow them to ...
... central figures . After four hundred years of slavery in Egypt , the people had been freed through the ten plagues brought by God against their masters . Those plagues with the death of his son finally led Pharaoh to allow them to ...
עמוד 26
... central and crucial series of events that resulted in Israel's becoming a nation . Its paramount theses are God's law to guide and his power to save and protect Israel . Following the conquest by Babylonia in 586 , this faith was ...
... central and crucial series of events that resulted in Israel's becoming a nation . Its paramount theses are God's law to guide and his power to save and protect Israel . Following the conquest by Babylonia in 586 , this faith was ...
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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