Slaying the Dragon: Mythmaking in the Biblical Tradition
In Slaying the Dragon: Mythmaking in the Biblical Tradition, Bernard Batto argues that biblical authors, like other ancient Near East authors, used mythic traditions in composing their works. Batto joins massive evidence with masterful argument to show that myth actually lies at the heart of the theological enterprise of the biblical authors. Slaying the Dragon is sure to provoke dicussion on the theological relevance of myth in the biblical tradition.\ \ \ "Batto...
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PrefaceIntroduction11Mythopoeic Speculation in Babylon152The Yahwist's Primeval Myth413The Priestly Revision of the Creation Myth734The Exodus as Myth1025Crossing Dry Shod: Mythopoeic Speculation in Cult1286Egypt and Gog as Mythic Symbols in Ezekiel153Conclusion168Epilogue: Mythopoeism in the New Treatmcnt174Abbreviations186Notes190Index of Scripture References233Index of Foreign Words238Index of Authors240Index of Subjects243
