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 13
עמוד 28
... commandments . Governance by a human king was replaced by the governance of the Levites , God's selected priests who received God's laws directly as they had been revealed to Moses and by him to the people . Leviticus ' laws touch upon ...
... commandments . Governance by a human king was replaced by the governance of the Levites , God's selected priests who received God's laws directly as they had been revealed to Moses and by him to the people . Leviticus ' laws touch upon ...
עמוד 29
... commandments and observe them : I am the Lord . You shall not profane my name , that I may be sanctified among the people of Israel : I am the Lord ; I sanctify you , I who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God : I am the ...
... commandments and observe them : I am the Lord . You shall not profane my name , that I may be sanctified among the people of Israel : I am the Lord ; I sanctify you , I who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God : I am the ...
עמוד 32
... commandments of the Lord your God that I am commanding you today ; and the curse , if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God , but turn from the way that I am commanding you today ... " . o ( 16.20 ) The guiding light to ...
... commandments of the Lord your God that I am commanding you today ; and the curse , if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God , but turn from the way that I am commanding you today ... " . o ( 16.20 ) The guiding light to ...
עמוד 37
... Commandments are emblematic of the blended nature of the sacred and the secular . The first four are sacred , featuring the nature of God and banning idolatry , while the last six call for the honoring of parents and injunctions against ...
... Commandments are emblematic of the blended nature of the sacred and the secular . The first four are sacred , featuring the nature of God and banning idolatry , while the last six call for the honoring of parents and injunctions against ...
עמוד 49
... commandments which the Lord had enjoined upon their fathers through Moses " ( 3.1-4 ) . The major judges had greater and better - known successes . These include : Othniel who defeated King Cushan - rishathaim of Aram and brought peace ...
... commandments which the Lord had enjoined upon their fathers through Moses " ( 3.1-4 ) . The major judges had greater and better - known successes . These include : Othniel who defeated King Cushan - rishathaim of Aram and brought peace ...
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