Dropsie College Theses
Date of Award
Spring 5-9-1956
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
First Advisor
Theodor H. Gaster
Abstract
This thesis is the first of a projected series to provide for biblical scholarship a folkloristic background for every book of the Bible. This thesis is to follow the example of Theodor H. Gaster's book, Thespis, and with some degree of competency to do what he has done in it; namely, "to life the Mythological Literature of the Ancient Near East out of the narrower confines of Oriental studies and to place it in wider context by interpreting it against the background of comparative Mythology and folklore." (1).
Recommended Citation
Kresge, Ralph S., "Folklore in the Book of Judges" (1956). Dropsie College Theses. 100.
https://repository.upenn.edu/dropsietheses/100
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Comments
Library at the Katz Center - Archives Room Manuscript. BS625 .K747 1956.