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 24
עמוד 4
... Israelites and 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.
... Israelites and 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 5
... punishment of the people for their sins by their being conquered and oppressed through the conquest and oppression of them by other nations , the giving of the Torah , the bringing down the walls of Jericho , the stopping the sun at ...
... punishment of the people for their sins by their being conquered and oppressed through the conquest and oppression of them by other nations , the giving of the Torah , the bringing down the walls of Jericho , the stopping the sun at ...
עמוד 9
... 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 2.4-3.24 ) Chapter Four.
... 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 2.4-3.24 ) Chapter Four.
עמוד 10
... punished , and prevented from eating from the tree of life . Disobedience is to be punished : a theme repeated throughout the Hebrew Bible . In Paradise , humans seek to be like God , having knowledge and immortality . While set in a ...
... punished , and prevented from eating from the tree of life . Disobedience is to be punished : a theme repeated throughout the Hebrew Bible . In Paradise , humans seek to be like God , having knowledge and immortality . While set in a ...
עמוד 11
... 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 affirms the superiority of farmer ...
... 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 affirms the superiority of farmer ...
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