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