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The Logic of Incest: A Structuralist Analysis of Hebrew Mythology

A Structuralist Analysis of Hebrew Mythology

  • Paperback
  • 306 pages
  • Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.7 cm

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The myths of Genesis are the foundation for hundreds of texts written at later diachronically distinct and datable periods. Seven texts-Genesis itself, Genesis Rabbah, Pirke deRabbi Eliezer and mediaeval compilations-are examined here, with five interrelated questions in focus: Can structuralist theory be applied usefully to societies conscious of history and change? What is the relationship between continuity and trasformation as a mythological tradition develops diachronically? What role does diachronic development within a myth play in relation to its underlying structure? What is the synchronic structure of Israelite (or rather, biblical) myth? Are there identifiable patterns of transformation and continuity between biblical myth and the three diachronically distinct levels of rabbinic myth?
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We Think What We EatThe Logic of Incest: A Structuralist Analysis of Hebrew Mythology

  • Title

    The Logic of Incest: A Structuralist Analysis of Hebrew Mythology

  • Author

    Seth Daniel Kunin

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Continnuum-3PL

  • Published

    November 2009

  • Weight

    432g

  • Page Count

    306

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780567449139

  • ISBN-10

    0567449130

  • Eden Code

    2661001