Mythology
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Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales, and the Bible: reading scripture as mythology part 7
Welcome to the seventh, and final, post I am doing for the mythology and the bible series. You can view the other posts here. Last week I recapped where we had been, discussed the myths of the Beginning and the End held by a segment of contemporary Christians, and told you that this week I Continue reading
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Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales, and the Bible: reading scripture as mythology part 6
Welcome to the sixth post in the series that I am doing about mythology and the bible. A reminder: I am not attempting to read the stories of the bible in their theological, historical, scientific, or literary contexts. I am interested in the way they function for particular audiences, making this a rhetorical project. Let’s Continue reading
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Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales, and the Bible: reading scripture as mythology part 4
Welcome to the fourth post in a series I am doing about mythology and the bible. You can find the earlier posts here. I feel it necessary to mention, again, that I am not attempting to read the stories of the bible in their theological, historical, scientific, or literary contexts. I am interested in the Continue reading
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Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales, and the Bible: reading scripture as mythology part 3
This is the third post in my series about mythology (myth, legends, and fairytales) and the bible. In the first post, I explained my interest and intentions for the series. I briefly laid out some of my theoretical underpinnings for how I understand myth. In the second post, I took a longer look at my Continue reading
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Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales, and the Bible: reading scripture as mythology part 2
Welcome to the second post in the series I am doing about fairy tales and the bible. Last week, I explained what my interest was, why I am interested, what my theoretical basis is, and said that I would be, more or less, applying Tolkien’s fairystory cannons to the bible this week. After giving it Continue reading
About Me
Gregory C. Jeffers
Anglican Christian | Husband | Father | Teacher | Scholar | Poet
G. C. Jeffers 