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Mythology among the Hebrews and Its Historical Development — Ignác Goldziher

Mythology among the Hebrews and Its Historical Development

Ignác Goldziher

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 595 pages

A collection of scholarly essays on mythology in ancient Hebrew tradition and its historical development. Goldziher examines mythic and legendary elements through comparative philology and the study of Semitic religions. It offers a window into nineteenth-century research on religion and myth.

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Transcriber’s Note:
Minor errors and omissions in punctuation and formatting
have been silently corrected. Please see the transcriber’s
note at the end of this text for details regarding the
handling of any textual issues encountered during its
preparation.
Footnotes, which appeared at the bottom of each page,
have been gathered at the end of the text, and hyperlinks
provided for easy access. They have also been renumbered
consecutively in order establish the uniqueness required
to facilitate searches. Any references to specific notes in
the text have been corrected to follow the new
numbering.
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public domain.
MYTHOLOGY AMONG THE HEBREWS
LONDON: PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
AND PARLIAMENT STREET
MYTHOLOGY AMONG THE HEBREWS
AND
ITS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
BY

IGNAZ GOLDZIHER, Pƒ.D.
MEMBER OF THE HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, WITH ADDITIONS BY THE AUTHOR
BY
RUSSELL MARTINEAU, M.A.
OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM
LONDON
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
1877
All rights reserved
TO
PROFESSORS
H.L. FLEISCHER
FRIEDRICH MAX MÜLLER
H. VÁMBÉRY
THE PIONEERS OF SEMITIC, ARYAN, AND TURCO-TATARIC PHILOLOGY
This Work is Dedicated
BΏ THE AUTHOR ĵƿŠ THE TRANSLATOR

Errata.

P. 13 line 5 from below, for ‘with all his advanced ideas’ read

‘notwithstanding the progress of modern ideas.’

P. 209, first line of note, after ‘ball,’ insert ‘that descended from heaven.’

Whether this feather-ball

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Contents

  1. MYTHOLOGY AMONG THE HEBREWS
  2. TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.
  3. CONTENTS.
  4. INTRODUCTION.
  5. CHAPTER I. ON HEBREW MYTHOLOGY.
  6. CHAPTER II. SOURCES OF HEBREW MYTHOLOGY.
  7. CHAPTER III. THE METHOD OF INVESTIGATING HEBREW MYTHS.
  8. CHAPTER IV. NOMADISM AND AGRICULTURE.
  9. CHAPTER V. THE MOST PROMINENT FIGURES IN HEBREW MYTHOLOGY.
  10. CHAPTER VI. THE MYTH OF CIVILISATION AND THE FIRST SHAPING OF HEBREW RELIGION.
  11. CHAPTER VII. INFLUENCE OF THE AWAKING NATIONAL IDEA ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE HEBREW MYTH.
  12. CHAPTER VIII. COMMENCEMENT OF MONOTHEISM AND THE DIFFERENTIATION OF THE MYTHS.
  13. CHAPTER IX. PROPHETISM AND THE JAHVEH-RELIGION.
  14. CHAPTER X. THE HEBREW MYTH IN THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY.
  15. EXCURSUS
  16. APPENDIX.
  17. INDEX.
  18. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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