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02386aam a2200385 i 4500 001 31ECB1FA673311EEBF3E118F48ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231010010145 008 211213t20222021nyu b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2021053869 020 $a 164421055X 020 $a 9781644210550 035 $a (OCoLC)1293917635 040 $a DGU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UIB $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a BS1196 $b .G73 2022 082 00 $a 222/.1106 $2 23/eng/20220126 100 1 $a Graves, Robert, $d 1895-1985, $e author. 245 10 $a Hebrew myths : $b the book of Genesis / $c Robert Graves, Raphael Patai ; new introduction by Adam Lewis Greene. 250 $a First Seven Stories Press edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Seven Stories Press, $c 2022. 300 $a x, 112 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "An exhaustive study of sixty-one stories from the Old Testament and the Torah, as well as pre-biblical texts censored for centuries, that nuance, extend, and complete the book of Genesis. Graves and Patai, renowned scholars of Greco-Roman and Hebrew mythology, transcend the Christian biblical and Judaic versions of these narratives, in order to redefine myth. Myths are reconceived as dramatic stories that form a sacred charter either authorizing the continuance or the alteration of religious beliefs. Authorized biblical texts are interpreted against the grain to expose folk tales, apocryphal texts, midrashes, and other little-known documents that the Old Testament and the Torah exclude. Thus, the mythological component underlying the theological component is revealed. This is a useful companion to Graves' The Greek Myths, as it puts forth the thesis that the Hebrews, unlike the Greeks, used myth to sermonize on national history and destiny. Though the authors were true intellectuals, they were considered mavericks by the mainstream academy"-- $c Provided by publisher. 630 00 $a Bible. $p Genesis $x Legends. 650 0 $a Jewish mythology. 650 0 $a Mythology, Semitic. 650 0 $a Aggada. 650 0 $a Midrash. 700 1 $a Patai, Raphael, $d 1910-1996, $e author. 700 1 $a Greene, Adam Lewis, $e writer of introduction. 941 $a 1 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010033016.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=31ECB1FA673311EEBF3E118F48ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search