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Book: The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes

Chapter: 14. Are There Myths in the Hebrew Bible?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.45029

Blurb:

Scholars have long resisted the idea that the Old Testament transmits myths. However one define myth, we have come to appreciate the way the Hebrew Bible integrates mythological compositions to build a world of meaning of its own.

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