Ii. The Varieties Of Legends In Genesis : p. 13 II. THE VARIETIES OF LEGENDS IN GENESIS. IN the great mass of our materials two groups are distinctly recognisable: 1. The legends of the origin of the world and of the progenitors of the human race, the stories down to the tower of Babel, their locality being remote and their sphere...
Vi. Priestly Codex And Final Redaction : p. 145 VI. PRIESTLY CODEX AND FINAL REDACTION. BESIDES those already treated we find evidence of another separate stream of tradition. This source is so distinct from the other sources both in style and spirit that in the great majority of cases it can be separated from them to the very letter...
Untitled : p. 161 INDEX. Abel, 49 et seq., 64 et seq., 91, 107. Abimelech, 20, 35, 63, 79, 115. Abraham, 5, 9, 19 et seq., 33 et seq., 42 et seq., 49 et seq., 60 et seq., 69 et seq., 95, 107 et seq., 112 et seq., 115 et seq., 120, 122, 128, 132, 134 et seq., 140, 142, 147, 152. Absalom, 10. Actions, thought...
Iii. The Literary Form Of The Legends : p. 37 III. THE LITERARY FORM OF THE LEGENDS. THE beauty of the legends of Genesis has always been a source of delight to readers of refined taste and it is not mere chance that painters have been so fond of choosing the subjects of their works from Genesis. Scholars have more rarely expressed...
Title Page : THE LEGENDS OF GENESIS THE BIBLICAL SAGA AND HISTORY BY HERMANN GUNKEL TRANSLATED BY W.H. CARRUTH Open Court: Chicago [1901] NOTICE OF ATTRIBUTION Scanned , November 2004. John Bruno Hare, redactor. This text is in the public domain in the United States. These files may be used for any...
I. The Significance And Scope Of The Legends : p. 1 I. THE SIGNIFICANCE AND SCOPE OF THE LEGENDS. ARE the narratives of Genesis history or legend? For the modern historian this is no longer an open question; nevertheless it is important to get a clear notion of the bases of this modern position. The writing of history is not an innate...
V. Jahvist, Elohist, Jehovist, The Later : p. 123 V. JAHVIST, ELOHIST, JEHOVIST, THE LATER COLLECTIONS. THE collecting of legends began even in the state of oral tradition. In the preceding pages (see p. 79 ff.) we have shown how individual stories first attracted one another and greater complexes of legends were formed. Connecting...
Iv. History Of The Development Of The Legends : p. 88 IV. HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEGENDS OF GENESIS IN ORAL TRADITION. AT the time when they were written down the legends were already very old and had already a long history behind them. This is in the very nature of legend: the origin of legends always eludes the eye...
