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MYTHOLOGY AMONG THE HEBREWS
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I. ON HEBREW MYTHOLOGY.
CHAPTER II. SOURCES OF HEBREW MYTHOLOGY.
CHAPTER III. THE METHOD OF INVESTIGATING HEBREW MYTHS.
CHAPTER IV. NOMADISM AND AGRICULTURE.
CHAPTER V. THE MOST PROMINENT FIGURES IN HEBREW MYTHOLOGY.
CHAPTER VI. THE MYTH OF CIVILISATION AND THE FIRST SHAPING OF HEBREW RELIGION.
CHAPTER VII. INFLUENCE OF THE AWAKING NATIONAL IDEA ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE HEBREW MYTH.
CHAPTER VIII. COMMENCEMENT OF MONOTHEISM AND THE DIFFERENTIATION OF THE MYTHS.
CHAPTER IX. PROPHETISM AND THE JAHVEH-RELIGION.
CHAPTER X. THE HEBREW MYTH IN THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY.
EXCURSUS
A. (Page 30.) Agadic Etymologies.
B. (Page 34.) A Hermeneutical Law of the Agâdâ.
C. (Page 100.) Pools and Whips of the Sun.
D. (Page 100.) Solar Myth and Animal-Worship.
E. (Page 109.) The Sun as a Well.
F. (Page 113.) Cain in Arabic.
G. (Page 116.) Grammatical Note on Joel II. 2.
H. (Page 153.) Hajnal.
I. (Page 155.) The Sun growing Pale and the Moon Red.
K. (Page 155.) Colour of the Sun.
L. (Page 189.) Transformation of Foreign Stories in Mohammedan Legends.
M. (Page 212.) The Origins.
N. (Page 254.) Influence of National Passion on Genealogical Statements.
APPENDIX.
TWO ESSAYS BY H. STEINTHAL,
THE ORIGINAL FORM OF THE LEGEND OF PROMETHEUS:
THE LEGEND OF SAMSON.
INDEX.
Transcriber’s Note:
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