Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking

by Michael Fishbane

Book Overview

This is a comprehensive study of myth in the Hebrew Bible and myth and mythmaking in classical rabbinic literature (Midrash and Talmud) and in the classical work of medieval Jewish mysticism (the book of Zohar). Michael Fishbane provides a close study of the texts and theologies involved and the central role of exegesis in the development and transformation of the subject. Taken up are issues of myth and monotheism, myth and tradition, and myth and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198267339
• ISBN13: 9780198267331
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 474 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.4"