Product Description: In this provocative and necessary work, Roland Boer, a leading biblical scholar and cultural theorist, develops a political myth for the Left: a powerful narrative to be harnessed in support of progressive policy. Boer focuses on foundational stories in the Hexateuch, the first six books of the Bible, from Genesis through Joshua...read more

In pursuing the study of the Bible Myths, facts pertaining thereto, in a condensed form, seemed to be greatly needed, and nowhere to be found. Widely scattered through hundreds of ancient and modem volumes, most of the contents of this book may indeed be found; but any previous attempt to trace exclusively the myths and legends of the Old and New Testament to their origin, published as a separate work, is not known to the writer of this. Many able writers hare shown our so-called Sacred Scriptures to be unhistorical, and have pronounced them largely legendary, but have there left the matter, evidently aware of the great extent of the subject lying beyond.

Combines a 1981-82 series of twenty-four lectures by Canadian literary critic Northrop Frye and Canadian poet and classicist Jay Macpherson's 'Four Ages: the Classical Myths' published in 1962.

Sure to be controversial, this provocative view of history explores how Hebrew scribes created many of the events in the Bible by combining Egyptian, Greek, and Near Eastern legends with propaganda circulated within Israelite society. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The hidden teaching of Jesus. 1998 name frt end paper, bright clean copy (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: More than 100 years ago, historians began applying critical methods of documentary analysis to the Judaeo-Christian Bible. To scholars who had hoped to prove the Bible's authenticity, the results were traumatic.One by one, the various books of the Bible were discovered to contain errors of fact, inaccurate guesses, rationalizations, prophecies ex post facto (usually combined with prophecies of the future that proved inaccurate), and unmistakable, deliberate lies...read more

Analyzes the stories of the Old and New Testaments in terms of their origins, and compares them with earlier myths and religions

Product Description: Book by Luke, Helen