Structuralist Interpretations of Biblical Myth (Paperback)

1. Introduction Edmund Leach; 2. Anthropological approaches to the study of the Bible during the twentieth century Edmund Leach; 3. Why did Moses have a sister? (The Royal Anthropological Institute Presidential Address for 1972) Edmund Leach; 4. Melchisedech and the emperor: icons of subversion and orthodoxy Edmund Leach; 5. Against genres: are parables lights set in candlesticks or put under a bushel? Edmund Leach; 6. The fate of Lot's wife: structural mediation in Biblical mythology D. Alan Aycock; 7. The mark of Cain D. Alan Aycock; Author index; Index of biblical references.