Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic

Download or read book Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic written by Frank Moore Cross and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1997-09 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume address key aspects of Israelite religious development. Frank Moore Cross traces the continuities between early Israelite religion and the Canaanite culture from which it emerged; explores the tension between the mythic and the historical in Israel’s religious expression; and examines the reemergence of Canaanite mythic material in the apocalypticism of early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls.