The Names of God : Poetic Readings in Biblical Beginnings.
In this book, Brichto argues for the aesthetic and ideological wholeness of the Hebrew Bible. He uses the methods of contemporary literary criticism to examine one of the greatest inconsistencies within the Book of Genesis, the alternating use of Yahweh (the Lord) and Elohim (God) as names for the D...
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245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Names of God : |b Poetic Readings in Biblical Beginnings. |
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505 | 0 | |a Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE: THE NAMES OF GOD: THE PROBLEM: A PRELIMINARY REVIEW -- A Meta-literary Address to the Problem: Source-Analysis -- An Essentially Literary Address to the Problem: Cassuto -- The Names of God in Nonnarrativc Texts and the "Evolution" of Biblical Monotheism -- Excursus: On the Names of God in the Psalter -- On the Evolution of Biblical Monotheism -- On Terms for Divinity, Common and Proper -- The names 'Elohim and YHWH -- YHWH Introduces Himself by Name -- The Patriarchs' Use of the Name YHWH -- The Solution to the Problem: A (Literary) Hypothesis -- PART I: STORIES-"THE PRIMEVAL HISTORY" -- TWO: THE CREATION STORY IN GENESIS, CH. I:I-2:4A -- The Bearing of Enuma elish on Genesis I -- The Genesis Creation Story: Translation -- The Genesis Creation Story: Commentary on Days One to Six -- Review of Diction in the Six Days of Creation -- Literalism and Metaphor in Genesis I and Enuma elish -- A Poetic Reading of Enuma elish -- Paganism and Biblical Religion Compared and Contrasted -- Pagan and Biblical Anthropology: A Contrast -- THREE: EDEN AND EDEN'S AFTERMATH -- The Story of Eden -- Sexuality, Sapience, and Civilization -- Sexuality and Death: Their Nexus -- Why Must Man Die? -- The Eden Mythos: Its Kerygma -- Aftermath of Eden: Second Generation, Second Banishment -- Poetical Review of Eden vis-à-vis the Creation Story -- Poetical Review of the Names of God -- The Compound Name: YHWH-Elohim -- Excursus: The Nonliterary Approach to Cain and Abel -- Poetical Review of Genesis 1-5 -- FOUR: THE FLOODS OF NOAH AND UTNAPISHTIM: THEOLOGY STRAIGHT AND THEOLOGY SATIRIC -- On Floods and Birds -- On Literalness and Source Analysis -- The Babylonian Flood Story -- The Babylonian Flood Story as a Critique of Paganism -- The Biblical Flood Story: Text. | |
505 | 8 | |a On the Sources or Strands in the Flood Story: A Preliminary Discussion -- Poetical Review of the Flood Story -- A Note on the Strands -- Noah's Deluge and Utnapishtim's: A Comparison -- FIVE: FROM NOAH TO ABRAM -- The Drunkenness of Noah -- The Tower of Babel: Text and Preface -- Mesopotamian Connections -- Babel in Its Biblical Setting -- The Primeval History": An Overview -- SIX: EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM -- Abram the Noble Warrior -- The Covenant (Concluded) between the (Animal) Parts -- Episode A: Revelation, Promise (and Trust) -- Episode B: How the Covenant. Was Made -- Abram's Other Wife -- The Names of God in Genesis, Chapters 16 and 21 -- The Annunciation of Isaac's Birth - Two Versions -- Annunciation's Aftermath -- YHWH and Abraham in a Dialogue on God's Justice -- The Story of Lot -- The Names of God in Genesis, Chapters 18 and l9 -- Three Domestic Triangles -- Poetical Review of the Names of God -- The Madness of Father Abraham: Genesis 22 -- Comparing the Akeda with Another Binding -- Isaac and Iphigenia, Abraham and Agamemnon: A Comparison -- PART II: STRUCTURES -- SEVEN: STRUCTURES AS A BIBLICAL LITERARY PHENOMENON -- Genealogies and Chronologies of Cain and Seth -- Genealogies Continued: The Line of Shem -- The Chronologies of the Lines of Seth and Shem -- Chronology as Clue to Narrative: The Missing Years in Jacob's Life -- How Four Hundred Years Can Equal Four Generations -- Playing the Bible's Number Game: Another Solution -- Abram's Roots and Uprootings -- Abraham's Revelations and Altars -- Digging Wells in Philistia -- Addendum: Two More Genealogies and Another Numbers Game -- SUPPLEMENTS, CONCLUSIONS, ANTICIPATIONS -- EIGHT: POETICAL ODDS AND ADDENDS -- Apologia -- In re Genesis I: Scripture and the Mythopoeic Imagination -- Paganism, Ancient: and Modern: Metaphysics in Myth and Science -- The Sabbath: Its Meaning. | |
505 | 8 | |a The Septets of (Social) Morality -- The Sabbath Day in the Two Decalogues: A Poetical Comparison -- Two More Addends -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. | |
520 | |a In this book, Brichto argues for the aesthetic and ideological wholeness of the Hebrew Bible. He uses the methods of contemporary literary criticism to examine one of the greatest inconsistencies within the Book of Genesis, the alternating use of Yahweh (the Lord) and Elohim (God) as names for the Deity. Often cited as the proof of multiple authorship, Brichto shows, instead, that this "inconsistency" serves as a device for a single author, using the specific name that is appropriate to each specific story. Brichto then proceeds to overturn other multiple-author proofs, including variations in genealogies, eponyms, and chronologies. He shows that their variety, ingenuity, and imaginative whimsy serve a vital poetic function in the structure of the text as a whole. Finding a unity in this diversity of genres, styles, and devices, Brichto solidifies his thesis of single authorship. | ||
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