ToC | Reading the Old Testament . . . Bibliography

Author:Bernard F. Batto
Year:1992
Title:Slaying the Dragon: Mythmaking in the Biblical Tradition
Publication:Louisville: Westminster / John Knox
ToC:Preface vii
Introduction 1
1. Mythopoeic Speculation in Babylon 15
2. The Yahwist's Primeval Myth 41
3. The Priestly Revision of the Creation Myth 73
4. The Exodus as Myth 102
5. Crossing Dry Shod: Mythopoeic Speculation in Cult 128
6. Egypt and Gog as Mythic Symbols in Ezekiel 153
Conclusion 1 68
Epilogue: Mythopoeism in the New Treatment 174
Abbreviations 186
Notes 190
Index of Scripture References 233
Index of Foreign Words 238
Index of Authors 240
Index of Subjects 243

ToC | Reading the Old Testament . . . Bibliography