| Título : | The folktale in the old testament | | Tipo de documento: | texto impreso | | Autores: | Gunkel, Hermann, Autor | | Mención de edición: | 1° | | Editorial: | The almond press | | Fecha de publicación: | 1987 | | Número de páginas: | 206 páginas | | Nota general: | <27206> | | Idioma : | Español | | Clasificación: | 221.95/G93/(ING) | | Resumen: | Abbreviations 11
INTRODUCTION by J.W. Rogerson 13
Chapter One
POETICAL STORIES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 21
Historiography 21
Poetical stories 22
Characteristics-ancient and modern 22
Poetical stories in ancient Israel 25
Chapter Two
THE FOLKTALE IN GENERAL AND IN THE
OLD TESTAMENT 29
The Nature of the Folktale 29
Folktale origins 30
Their international character 31
Their persistence 32
The Bible and folktales 33
Chapter Three
NATURE FABLES AND NATURE FOLKTALES 37
Nature fables 37
The wooing of the thorn bush 37
Jotham's fable 38
Nature folktales 40
Ezekiel's funerary song 42
Nebuchadnezzar's dream 44
The lawsuit against the vineyard 45
The war between the forest and the sea 47
The body and its members 47
Chapter Four
FOLKTALE MOTIFS DRAWN FROM NATURE 51
The Power of Speech 51
Animals and the supernatural 52
Nathan's parable 54
Fabulous creatures 56
Aetiological motifs 57
The animal world: past and future 58
Plant and natural object motifs 60
The tree of life and the tree of knowledge 61
Wonderful lands 62
Paradise 62
Jerusalem 64
The land of milk and honey 66
The world mountain 67
Far wanderings 68
Chapter Five
FOLKTALES ABOUT TOOLS AND OTHER OBJECTS 73
The dispute 73
Bread 75
Miraculous objects 75
The fairytale city 78
Chapter Six
TALES SPIRITS, DEMONS AND SPECTRES 83
Jacob at Penuel 83
The demon assailant 85
Belief in a name 87
Present form 87
Yahweh's attack on Moses 88
The Tobias legend 89
The death of Tamar's husbands 90
Theophanies in Genesis 90
Hagar in the wilderness 90
Other supernatural appearances 92
Abraham under the oak at Hebron 93
Lot and the destruction of Sodom 93
Lot and Sodom: parallels 93
The Lot tale and Yahwism 94
The Lot tale in Israelite tradition 94
The granting of a wish 95
Elisha and the woman of Shunem 95
Solomon's prayer 96
The host of spirits 96
Jacob at Mahanaim 96
Elisha and the host of angels 97
Hostile beings 98
Satan 98
The wickedness in the bushel 99
The Gadarene swine 100
Animal spirits 101
Seraphim 101
Cherubim 102
Other Old Testament creatures 102
Fabulous creatures in Revelation 102
Spirits of the dead 103
Tobit 103
Tobias: a folktale parallel 104
Tobias: a 'wandering folktale' 105
Tobias: the original version 105
Chapter Seven
TALES ABOUT GIANTS 107
Chapter Eight
TALES OF MAGIC 111
Power in the magician's body 111
Power in objects belonging to the magician 113
Other magical devices 114
The spoken word 114
The powers of the men of God in Israel 115
Magic and higher religion in Israel 116
The competition between sorcerers 116
Yahweh and magic 117
Magic sleep, blindness of perception 118
Humans changed to other forms 118
Other remnants of folktale magic 119
Chapter Nine
TALES WITH PRIMITIVE BELIEFS ABOUT THE SOUL 123
The secret place of the soul 123
The soul's location 124
Dreams and the future 124
Chapter Ten
FOLKTALES ABOUT CHILDREN 127
The child of the barren mother 127
Abandonment: Ezekiel 16 128
Abandonment: Moses 131
Abandonment: Sargon 131
Abandonment: Luke's infancy narrative 132
The Magi and the massacre of the innocents 132
The sacrifice of Isaac 133
Jephthah's daughter 134
Chapter Eleven
FOLKTALES OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN 135
Youth and age juxtaposed 135
The youngest brother 136
The youngest as savior of the others 137
The older companion 138
The temptations of youth 139
Spurned love: Joseph and Potiphar's wife 139
Spurned love: Susanna and the elders 140
Dinah 140
The abduction of women by the Benjaminites 141
The woman who desires children 141
Some other motifs 141
The sympathetic portrayal of women 142
Chapter Twelve
VARIOUS FOLKTALES ABOUT MEN 143
Fratricide 143
The sending out of servants 143
Snared by one's own snare 144
Carrying one's own death-warrant 145
Judged by one's own judgment 145
Swallowed but preserved 145
The tournament in 2 Sam 2.14ff 146
The Moabites' credulity 147
Gideon's attack on the Midianites 147
Tests 148
Chapter Thirteen
TALES OF SOCIAL STANDING 149
Herdsman and hunter: Jacob and Esau 149
The tale of the birthright 149
Jacob's deception 150
Farmers and herdsmen: Cain and Abel 150
The founders of trades 151
The king 152
Disguise 152
The king's might 153
Intimations of the future 153
Ability to heal 153
The beauty of the consort 154
Wisdom 154
The judgment of Solomon 155
The king and the young hero or heroine 157
The dove at the baptism of Jesus 158
The king as ordinary mortal 160
Official decrees 160
Chapter Fourteen
FOLKTALE MOTIFS IN THE PRIMAEVAL HISTORY 163
Chapter Fifteen
REVIEW OF THE MATERIAL ACCORDING TO FORM
AND CONTENT 167
Folktale characteristics 167
Fantasy 167
Credulity 167
The roots of the folktale 168
Primitive beliefs 169
Experiences of daily life 169
Customs of former times 169
Early intellectual reflection 169
Anonymous heroes 170
The widespread recurrence of folktales 170
Special features of the Israelite folktale 171
Form and setting 171
The tone of Israelite folktales 172
Preferences 173
The history of Israelite folktales 173
Prophets and apocalypticists 174
Poets 174
The link with historical reminiscences 175
Radical changes 175
Notes 179
Subject Index 201
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The folktale in the old testament [texto impreso] / Gunkel, Hermann, Autor . - 1° . - [S.l.] : The almond press, 1987 . - 206 páginas. <27206> Idioma : Español | Clasificación: | 221.95/G93/(ING) | | Resumen: | Abbreviations 11
INTRODUCTION by J.W. Rogerson 13
Chapter One
POETICAL STORIES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 21
Historiography 21
Poetical stories 22
Characteristics-ancient and modern 22
Poetical stories in ancient Israel 25
Chapter Two
THE FOLKTALE IN GENERAL AND IN THE
OLD TESTAMENT 29
The Nature of the Folktale 29
Folktale origins 30
Their international character 31
Their persistence 32
The Bible and folktales 33
Chapter Three
NATURE FABLES AND NATURE FOLKTALES 37
Nature fables 37
The wooing of the thorn bush 37
Jotham's fable 38
Nature folktales 40
Ezekiel's funerary song 42
Nebuchadnezzar's dream 44
The lawsuit against the vineyard 45
The war between the forest and the sea 47
The body and its members 47
Chapter Four
FOLKTALE MOTIFS DRAWN FROM NATURE 51
The Power of Speech 51
Animals and the supernatural 52
Nathan's parable 54
Fabulous creatures 56
Aetiological motifs 57
The animal world: past and future 58
Plant and natural object motifs 60
The tree of life and the tree of knowledge 61
Wonderful lands 62
Paradise 62
Jerusalem 64
The land of milk and honey 66
The world mountain 67
Far wanderings 68
Chapter Five
FOLKTALES ABOUT TOOLS AND OTHER OBJECTS 73
The dispute 73
Bread 75
Miraculous objects 75
The fairytale city 78
Chapter Six
TALES SPIRITS, DEMONS AND SPECTRES 83
Jacob at Penuel 83
The demon assailant 85
Belief in a name 87
Present form 87
Yahweh's attack on Moses 88
The Tobias legend 89
The death of Tamar's husbands 90
Theophanies in Genesis 90
Hagar in the wilderness 90
Other supernatural appearances 92
Abraham under the oak at Hebron 93
Lot and the destruction of Sodom 93
Lot and Sodom: parallels 93
The Lot tale and Yahwism 94
The Lot tale in Israelite tradition 94
The granting of a wish 95
Elisha and the woman of Shunem 95
Solomon's prayer 96
The host of spirits 96
Jacob at Mahanaim 96
Elisha and the host of angels 97
Hostile beings 98
Satan 98
The wickedness in the bushel 99
The Gadarene swine 100
Animal spirits 101
Seraphim 101
Cherubim 102
Other Old Testament creatures 102
Fabulous creatures in Revelation 102
Spirits of the dead 103
Tobit 103
Tobias: a folktale parallel 104
Tobias: a 'wandering folktale' 105
Tobias: the original version 105
Chapter Seven
TALES ABOUT GIANTS 107
Chapter Eight
TALES OF MAGIC 111
Power in the magician's body 111
Power in objects belonging to the magician 113
Other magical devices 114
The spoken word 114
The powers of the men of God in Israel 115
Magic and higher religion in Israel 116
The competition between sorcerers 116
Yahweh and magic 117
Magic sleep, blindness of perception 118
Humans changed to other forms 118
Other remnants of folktale magic 119
Chapter Nine
TALES WITH PRIMITIVE BELIEFS ABOUT THE SOUL 123
The secret place of the soul 123
The soul's location 124
Dreams and the future 124
Chapter Ten
FOLKTALES ABOUT CHILDREN 127
The child of the barren mother 127
Abandonment: Ezekiel 16 128
Abandonment: Moses 131
Abandonment: Sargon 131
Abandonment: Luke's infancy narrative 132
The Magi and the massacre of the innocents 132
The sacrifice of Isaac 133
Jephthah's daughter 134
Chapter Eleven
FOLKTALES OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN 135
Youth and age juxtaposed 135
The youngest brother 136
The youngest as savior of the others 137
The older companion 138
The temptations of youth 139
Spurned love: Joseph and Potiphar's wife 139
Spurned love: Susanna and the elders 140
Dinah 140
The abduction of women by the Benjaminites 141
The woman who desires children 141
Some other motifs 141
The sympathetic portrayal of women 142
Chapter Twelve
VARIOUS FOLKTALES ABOUT MEN 143
Fratricide 143
The sending out of servants 143
Snared by one's own snare 144
Carrying one's own death-warrant 145
Judged by one's own judgment 145
Swallowed but preserved 145
The tournament in 2 Sam 2.14ff 146
The Moabites' credulity 147
Gideon's attack on the Midianites 147
Tests 148
Chapter Thirteen
TALES OF SOCIAL STANDING 149
Herdsman and hunter: Jacob and Esau 149
The tale of the birthright 149
Jacob's deception 150
Farmers and herdsmen: Cain and Abel 150
The founders of trades 151
The king 152
Disguise 152
The king's might 153
Intimations of the future 153
Ability to heal 153
The beauty of the consort 154
Wisdom 154
The judgment of Solomon 155
The king and the young hero or heroine 157
The dove at the baptism of Jesus 158
The king as ordinary mortal 160
Official decrees 160
Chapter Fourteen
FOLKTALE MOTIFS IN THE PRIMAEVAL HISTORY 163
Chapter Fifteen
REVIEW OF THE MATERIAL ACCORDING TO FORM
AND CONTENT 167
Folktale characteristics 167
Fantasy 167
Credulity 167
The roots of the folktale 168
Primitive beliefs 169
Experiences of daily life 169
Customs of former times 169
Early intellectual reflection 169
Anonymous heroes 170
The widespread recurrence of folktales 170
Special features of the Israelite folktale 171
Form and setting 171
The tone of Israelite folktales 172
Preferences 173
The history of Israelite folktales 173
Prophets and apocalypticists 174
Poets 174
The link with historical reminiscences 175
Radical changes 175
Notes 179
Subject Index 201
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