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 73
עמוד 3
... son , Solomon , who is to be his successor . In the first four verses , he instructs him to obey God so that he and his successors will prosper . In its following five verses , he instructs Solomon to execute several people , including ...
... son , Solomon , who is to be his successor . In the first four verses , he instructs him to obey God so that he and his successors will prosper . In its following five verses , he instructs Solomon to execute several people , including ...
עמוד 4
... son , Reheboam , as king . It is probably later than J and more fragmentary . D , or the Deuteronomist , is comprised of at least two schools , and was written during the period of the destruction of the First Temple in 586. Central to ...
... son , Reheboam , as king . It is probably later than J and more fragmentary . D , or the Deuteronomist , is comprised of at least two schools , and was written during the period of the destruction of the First Temple in 586. Central to ...
עמוד 11
... son Ham , the father of Canaan , viewed his father's nakedness . God would bless Shem , presumably standing for Israel , and Canaan would be his slave ( 9.20-27 ) . The Cain and Abel story appears to disallow capital punishment . Cain ...
... son Ham , the father of Canaan , viewed his father's nakedness . God would bless Shem , presumably standing for Israel , and Canaan would be his slave ( 9.20-27 ) . The Cain and Abel story appears to disallow capital punishment . Cain ...
עמוד 12
... son , Isaac , at God's command . Once God realized that Abraham was faithful and feared him , Isaac was spared , when a ram was substituted as a sacrifice ( 22.1-19 ) . Abraham was the model for his people who should equally be entirely ...
... son , Isaac , at God's command . Once God realized that Abraham was faithful and feared him , Isaac was spared , when a ram was substituted as a sacrifice ( 22.1-19 ) . Abraham was the model for his people who should equally be entirely ...
עמוד 13
... son , for the son of the slave shall not share in the inheritance with my son Isaac . ' The matter distressed Abraham greatly , for it concerned his son . " ( 21.10f . ) • The Patriarchs , Joseph and others in Genesis frequently A ...
... son , for the son of the slave shall not share in the inheritance with my son Isaac . ' The matter distressed Abraham greatly , for it concerned his son . " ( 21.10f . ) • The Patriarchs , Joseph and others in Genesis frequently A ...
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