{"id":5271,"date":"2021-06-25T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/?p=5271"},"modified":"2021-06-25T13:36:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T13:36:53","slug":"legends-of-genesis-hermann-gunkel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/legends-of-genesis-hermann-gunkel\/","title":{"rendered":"Legends of Genesis by Hermann Gunkel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/legends-of-genesis_gunkel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/legends-of-genesis_gunkel.jpg\" alt=\"Hermann Gunkel [1862-1932], The Legends of Genesis.\" class=\"wp-image-5273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/legends-of-genesis_gunkel.jpg 400w, https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/legends-of-genesis_gunkel-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s free book is a classic of Old Testament criticism, <em>The Legends of Genesis<\/em>, written by a leading member of the History of Religions School, Hermann Gunkel. This book is actually an English translation of the introduction to the author&#8217;s large commentary on Genesis. My thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/book-aid.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Book Aid<\/a> for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/book_legends-of-genesis_gunkel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hermann Gunkel [1862-1932], <em>The Legends of Genesis<\/em>. Chicago: Open Court Publishing Co., 1901. Hbk. pp.164. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Publisher&#8217;s Note<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The Significance ans Scope of the Legends<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The Varieties of the Legends<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The Literary Form of the Legends<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Histoey of the Development of the Legends in Oral Tradition<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Jahvist, Elohist, Jehovist, Later Collections<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Preistly Codex and Final Redaction<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Index<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image credit: Michelangelo &#8211; Creation of Adam (cropped). Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Creation_of_Adam#\/media\/File:Michelangelo_-_Creation_of_Adam_(cropped).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s free book is a classic of Old Testament criticism, The Legends of Genesis, written by a leading member of the History of Religions School, Hermann Gunkel. This book is actually an English translation of the introduction to the author&#8217;s large commentary on Genesis. 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