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Author Van Seters, John.

Title Prologue to history : the Yahwist as historian in Genesis / John Van Seters.

Publication Info. Louisville, Ky. : Westminster/John Knox Press, [1992]
©1992

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  222.11 V278P    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiii, 367 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-354) and indexes.
Contents 1. The Problem of Form. 2. Myth and Tradition in Ancient Historiography -- Pt. 1. Primeval History in Antiquity. 3. Mesopotamian Traditions on the Primeval History. 4. Greek Traditions About the Primeval Age -- Pt. 2. Primeval History of the Yahwist. 5. The Story of Paradise. 6. The Story of Cain and Abel. 7. The Marriage of the Sons of God. 8. The Story of the Flood. 9. The Table of Nations. 10. The Primeval History as a Whole -- Pt. 3. The Patriarchs. 11. Genealogies and Itineraries. 12. The Theme of the Patriarchal Promises. 13. The Land-Promise Theme in the Old Testament. 14. The Promise Theme Within the Abraham-Isaac Stories. 15. The Jacob Story. 16. Jacob and the Story of Joseph.
Subject Bible. Genesis -- Historiography.
J document (Biblical criticism)
History, Ancient -- Historiography.
ISBN 0664219675 (acid-free paper)
9780664219673 (acid-free paper)
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