| Translator’s Preface | [vii] |
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| Introduction | [xiii] |
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| CHAPTER I. |
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| On Hebrew Mythology | [1] |
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| CHAPTER II. |
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| Sources of Hebrew Mythology | [17] |
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| CHAPTER III. |
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| The Method of Investigating Hebrew Myths | [35] |
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| CHAPTER IV. |
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| Nomadism and Agriculture | [49] |
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| CHAPTER V. |
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| The Most Prominent Figures in Hebrew Mythology | [90] |
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| CHAPTER VI. |
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| The Myth of Civilisation and the First Shaping of Hebrew Religion | [198] |
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| CHAPTER VII. |
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| Influence of the Awaking National Idea on the Transformation of the Hebrew Myth | [231] |
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| CHAPTER VIII. |
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| Commencement of Monotheism and the Differentiation of the Myths | [259] |
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| CHAPTER IX. |
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| Prophetism and the Jahveh Religion | [290] |
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| CHAPTER X. |
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| The Hebrew Myth in the Babylonian Captivity | [316] |
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| Excursus | [337] |
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| APPENDIX. |
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| Two Essays by H. Steinthal. |
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| 1. The Original Form of the Legend of Prometheus | [363] |
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| 2. The Legend of Samson | [392] |
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| INDEX | [447] |