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 1
... nature : it deals with real - life situations and ideas in a way intended to enhance the lives of the Israelites . This is in contradistinction to its sacred overlay : God is the author of history and the controller of human events ...
... nature : it deals with real - life situations and ideas in a way intended to enhance the lives of the Israelites . This is in contradistinction to its sacred overlay : God is the author of history and the controller of human events ...
עמוד 4
... their relationship to God . The sacred nature of the Hebrew Bible is seen in the supernatural actions of the deity as he creates the universe and controls history : the creation of the cosmos , the punishment 4 INTRODUCTION.
... their relationship to God . The sacred nature of the Hebrew Bible is seen in the supernatural actions of the deity as he creates the universe and controls history : the creation of the cosmos , the punishment 4 INTRODUCTION.
עמוד 6
... nature of the people as having been monotheists back to the time of Abraham ( 1800 ) . The Book of Judges portrays their constant backsliding as idolatry . It is clear , however , from the last chapters of the Second Book of Kings ...
... nature of the people as having been monotheists back to the time of Abraham ( 1800 ) . The Book of Judges portrays their constant backsliding as idolatry . It is clear , however , from the last chapters of the Second Book of Kings ...
עמוד 9
... nature , received an additional sense of power and specialness in nature : they were created in the image of God who awarded them control over nature ( 1.1-2.4a ) . In Genesis ' next ten chapters , another central ideological issue ...
... nature , received an additional sense of power and specialness in nature : they were created in the image of God who awarded them control over nature ( 1.1-2.4a ) . In Genesis ' next ten chapters , another central ideological issue ...
עמוד 15
... nature , so Jacob would , with his mother's connivance , carry on against both his father and brother . The conflict between Jacob and his twin brother was said to be determined by God before their birth : " Two nations are in your womb ...
... nature , so Jacob would , with his mother's connivance , carry on against both his father and brother . The conflict between Jacob and his twin brother was said to be determined by God before their birth : " Two nations are in your womb ...
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