Martin Buber on myth: an introduction

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Volume1
	Cover
	Half Title
	Title Page
	Copyright Page
	Original Title Page
	Original Copyright Page
	Series Editor’s Foreword
	Table of Contents
	Preface
	Chapter 1: The Student of Myth
		Martin Buber: The Honorary Student
		Buber as Student of Reality
		Developing I-Thou Philosophy
		Buber as Student and Teacher
		Buber and Judaism
		Buber and the Hebrew Bible
		Buber and Jewish Religion
		Buber as a Student of Myth
		Buber and His Critics
		Martin Buber\'s Legacy
		Notes
	Chapter 2: Buber\'s View of Myth
		Problems in Buber\'s Approach
		Testing Buber\'s Definition
		Myths of Leadership
		The Enoch Traditions
		Enoch in the Hebrew Bible
		Buber on the Ascension Motif
		The Development of the Enoch Stories
		Buber on the Later Enoch Stories
		The Hasidic Enoch
		Buber on the Hasidic Enoch
		The Limitations of Buber\'s View
		Notes
	Chapter 3: Buber and the Bible
		Myth and Biblical Studies
		The Transition to History
		Demythologizing the Bible
		Buber as Biblical Exegete
		Paganism and Monotheism
		Myth in the Book of Job
		Magic and the Bible
		Myth and the New Testament
		Notes
	Chapter 4: The Meaning of Eden
		Biblical Creation Myths
		Buber and Creation Mythology
		Myth, Genesis, and Good and Evil
		Good and Evil and \"I and Thou\"
		Genesis 1:1–3:24
		Buber\'s View of Genesis
		Deciding for Direction
		Genesis and Buber\'s View of Myth
		Notes
	Chapter 5: The Exodus
		The Social Meaning of Myth
		Kingship of God in Biblical Myth
		Myth, Ritual and Moses
		The Sociology of the Blood Covenant
		Reik\'s Psychological Approach
		Buber and the Exodus
		Buber\'s View of Moses
		Communal Ritual in Exodus
		Beyond Sociology: Buber and Smith
		The Exodus Today
		Notes
	Chapter 6: Buber and Hasidic Myth
		Hasidism in Judaism
		Buber and the Hasidic Story
		Hasidism in Modern Judaism
		Buber\'s Changing Views of Hasidism
		Examples of Hasidic Myth
		Notes
	Chapter 7: Myth as Language
		Silence and Speech in Hasidic Myth
		Gershom Scholem and Buber
		Buber and Hasidic Language
		Scholem and Hasidic Myth
		Myth, Revelation, and Philosophy
		Rabbi Nahman of Bratzlav
		Rabbi Nahman of Bratzlav
		Mystical Myth
		Simplicity in Hasidic Myth
		Redemption in Hasidic Myth
		Buber\'s Popular Appeal
		Notes
	Chapter 8: Hasidism and Modernity
		The Appeal of Hasidism Today
		Reviving Jewish Religion
		Yoav Elstein\'s Critique Op Buber
		The Myth of Eternal Return
		Buber\'s Version of \"the Werewolf\"
		Purification from Pollution
		Notes
	Chapter 9 Evaluating Buber
		Hasidism Amd Myth
		Myth as Communication
		Buber\'s Definition of Myth
		The Purpose of Jewish Myth
		A Deeper Insight into Myth
		Conclusion
		Notes
	Bibliography
	Index
Volume2
	Cover
	Half Title
	Title Page
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	Original Title Page
	Original Copyright Page
	Dedication
	Table of Contents
	Series Editor’s Foreword
	Acknowledgments
	Chapter One—The Structure of Myth
	Chapter Two—Barthes: Myth as Meaningful Form
	Chapter Three—Lévi-Strauss and the Problems of Oedipus
	Chapter Four—Vernant: A Logic of the Equivocal
	Chapter Five—Detienne: The Empirical Categories of Myth
	Chapter Six—Vidal-Naquet: A Factotum of History
	Chapter Seven—Loraux: The Myths of Death and Life
	Chapter Eight—Gernet’s Legacy: A French New Historicism
	Conclusion—The Place of the Gernet Center
	Selected Bibliography
	Index
Volume3
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	Original Copyright Page
	Dedication
	Table of Contents
	Acknowledgments
	Preface
	Abbreviations
	I: The Man
		The Soul’s High Adventure: Campbell’s Comparative Mythology
		Freud, Jung, and Campbell
		Myth Versus Religion for Campbell
		Interpreting Campbell: Hermeneutics and Comparative Mythology
		The American Roots of Campbell’s Mythic Vision
	II: The Work
		The Twin Heroes: Campbell’s Solar/Lunar Vision of the Masculine
		Campbell on Myth, Romantic Love, and Marriage
		Campbell and Schopenhauer: Synchronicity and the Tragic Vision
		Campbell, the Feminine Principle, and the Romantic Male Hero
		The Chariot of the Hero: Myth and Metaphor in Campbell
		The Rhetoric of Mythology and Science in Campbell’s Works
	III: The Farther Reaches
		Campbell and the “Vanilla-Frosted Temple”: From Myth to Multiplex
		Campbell, Science Fiction, and Space Age Myths
		Campbell and the Inklings—Tolkien, Lewis, and Williams
		The Power of Wilderness: Campbell and the Ecological Imperative
		Campbell, America, and the Individual as New Hero
		Campbell and the Perennial Philosophy: Social Sciences, Mysticism, and Myth
	A Joseph Campbell Bibliography
	Notes on Contributors
	Index
Volume4
	Cover
	Half Title
	Title Page
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	Original Title Page
	Original Copyright Page
	Dedication Page
	Table of Contents
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	Acknowledgments
	1: The Structural Analysis of Myth
		The Nature of Myths
		Time and History
		Understanding Myths
		Myth and the Cultural Order
		Problems of Method
	2: Indo-European Cultures as a Field of Ethnological Study
		Introduction
		The Social Organization of Indo-European Society
		Social Stratification and the Political Order
		The Indo-European Pantheon
	3: The Wars of the Gods in Scandinavian Mythology
		Introduction
		The Scandinavian Pantheon in Icelandic Sources
		The War Between the Giants and the Gods
		The War Between the Aesir and the Vanir
		Ragnarok
	4: The Cycle of the Mead
		Introduction
		The Feast of Immortality
		The Origin of the Mead
		Sharing the Mead
		The Lure of Consumption
		The Bird and the Snake
	5: The Magic Cauldron
		Introduction
		The Sons of Tuirill Biccreo
		The Death of Cu Roi
		The Second Branch of the Mabinogion
		The Magic Cauldron
		The Iron House
	6: The Severed Head
		Introduction
		Dionysos
		Pallas Athena
		The Capture of the Mead
		The Head of the Gorgo
		The Labours of Herakles
		The Voyage of the Argo
	7: The Battles of Mag Tured
		Introduction
		The Six Immigrations
		The First Battle of Mag Hired
		The Second Battle of Mag Tured
		Problems of Succession
		The First Kings of the Hiatha De Danann
	8: The Roman Kings
		Introduction
		The Foundation of Rome
		Romans and Sabines
		The Tarquinian Dynasty
	9: The Unworthy King
		Introduction
		The Medieval Epics
		Arthur and the Round Table
		Charlemagne
		The Fairy-Tales
		The Development of Indo-European Mythology
	References
	Index of Names