Myth and Mythmaking
Title | Myth and Mythmaking PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Alexander Murray |
Publisher | Beacon Press (MA) |
Total Pages | 394 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN |
Myth and Mythmaking
Title | Myth and Mythmaking PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Alexander Murray |
Publisher | Beacon Press (MA) |
Total Pages | 388 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN |
Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking
Title | Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking PDF eBook |
Author | Michael A. Fishbane |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 486 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780199284207 |
This is a comprehensive study of myth in the Hebrew Bible and myth and mythmaking in classical rabbinic literature (Midrash and Talmud) and in the classical work of medieval Jewish mysticism (the book of Zohar). Michael Fishbane provides a close study of the texts and theologies involved and the central role of exegesis in the development and transformation of the subject. Taken up are issues of myth and monotheism, myth and tradition, and myth and language. The presence and vitality of myth in successive cultural phases is treated, emphasizing certain paradigmatic acts of God and features of the divine personality.
Storytelling and Mythmaking
Title | Storytelling and Mythmaking PDF eBook |
Author | Frank D. McConnell |
Publisher | New York : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 328 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN |
Masada Myth
Title | Masada Myth PDF eBook |
Author | Nachman Ben-Yehuda |
Publisher | Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | 424 |
Release | 1996-01-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0299148335 |
In 73 A.D., legend has it, 960 Jewish rebels under siege in the ancient desert fortress of Masada committed suicide rather than surrender to a Roman legion. Recorded in only one historical source, the story of Masada was obscure for centuries. In The Masada Myth, Israeli sociologist Nachman Ben-Yehuda tracks the process by which Masada became an ideological symbol for the State of Israel, the dramatic subject of movies and miniseries, a shrine venerated by generations of Zionists and Israeli soldiers, and the most profitable tourist attraction in modern Israel. Ben-Yehuda describes how, after nearly 1800 years, the long, complex, and unsubstantiated narrative of Josephus Flavius was edited and augmented in the twentieth century to form a simple and powerful myth of heroism. He looks at the ways this new mythical narrative of Masada was created, promoted, and maintained by pre-state Jewish underground organizations, the Israeli army, archaeological teams, mass media, youth movements, textbooks, the tourist industry, and the arts. He discusses the various organizations and movements that created “the Masada experience” (usually a ritual trek through the Judean desert followed by a climb to the fortress and a dramatic reading of the Masada story), and how it changed over decades from a Zionist pilgrimage to a tourist destination. Placing the story in a larger historical, sociological, and psychological context, Ben-Yehuda draws upon theories of collective memory and mythmaking to analyze Masada’s crucial role in the nation-building process of modern Israel and the formation of a new Jewish identity. An expert on deviance and social control, Ben-Yehuda looks in particular at how and why a military failure and an enigmatic, troubling case of mass suicide (in conflict with Judaism’s teachings) were reconstructed and fabricated as a heroic tale.
Myth and Mythmaking
Title | Myth and Mythmaking PDF eBook |
Author | Julia Leslie |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 195 |
Release | 2014-02-04 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1136778810 |
Essays focusing on some of the ways in which myths have been made, and made to function, in the rich cultural history of India from the dawn of history through to the present day.
Millennial Mythmaking
Title | Millennial Mythmaking PDF eBook |
Author | John Perlich |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 213 |
Release | 2010-03-08 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0786455926 |
Contemporary myths, particularly science fiction and fantasy texts, can provide commentary on who we are as a culture, what we have created, and where we are going. These nine essays from a variety of disciplines expand upon the writings of Joseph Campbell and the hero's journey. Modern examples of myths from various sources such as Planet of the Apes, Wicked, Pan's Labyrinth, and Spirited Away; the Harry Potter series; and Second Life are analyzed as creative mythology and a representation of contemporary culture and emerging technology.