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title	:	Holy Writ As Oral Lit : The Bible As Folklore
author	:	Dundes, Alan.
publisher	:	Rowman & Littlefield
isbn10 | asin	:	0847691977
print isbn13	:	9780847691975
ebook isbn13	:	9780585165844
language	:	English
subject	Folklore in the Bible, Bible.--O.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
publication date	:	1999
lcc	:	BS625.D86 1999eb
ddc	:	220.6/6
subject	:	Folklore in the Bible, Bible.--O.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Page iii Holy Writ as Oral Lit The Bible as Folklore Alan Dundes ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Lanham Boulder New York Oxford

Page iv ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Published in the United States of America by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 4720 Boston Way, Lanham, Maryland 20706 12 Hid's Copse Road Cumnor Hill, Oxford OX2 9JJ, England Copyright 1999 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dundes, Alan. Holy writ as oral lit : the Bible as folklore / Alan Dundes. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8476-9197-7 (alk. paper). ISBN 0-8476-9198-5 (pbk. : >alk. paper) 1. Folklore in the Bible. 2. BibleCriticism, Form. I. Title. BS625.D86 1999 220.6'6dc21 98-42449 CIP Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.

Page v Contents Acknowledgments vii Holy Writ as Oral Lit: The Bible as Folklore What Is Folklore? 2 Written Folklore 5 Previous Studies of Folklore and the Bible 9 Variation in Number, Name, and Sequence 21 Variation in Number 21 Variation in Name 37 Variation in Sequence 53 More Duplicate Texts 63 The Ten Commandments 96 The Lord's Prayer 103 Still More Duplicate Texts 105 Conclusion 111 Bibliography 119 Index 127 About the Author 131

Page vii Acknowledgments This book combines a lifelong love of the Bible with a career in the study of folklore. The numerous citations all come from my family Bible, which happens to be the King James Version, first set forth in 1611. I am well aware of the existence of many different translations of the Bible besides the Authorized Version of 1611, such as the Revised Standard Version of 1952 and the Jerusalem Bible of 1966. I do not believe that the validity of my argument depends upon using any one particular translation of the Bible. The argument stands or falls on its own merit; minor differences in the wording of any passage in either the Old or the New Testament should not affect the basic thrust of my discussion.

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