Prehistoric Precedence

How the Human Species Invented the Bible

Peter Bycroft

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English

Clark & MacKay
12 December 2024

Literature: history & criticism; Religion & beliefs; Agnosticism & atheism; Evolution

This book is based on extensive multi-disciplinary research into the origins of the human species and the emergence of prehistoric mythological beliefs. It presents objective and comprehensive background research into how and why the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament emerged. The research draws from the disciplines of archaeology, history, anthropology, seismology, palaeontology, linguistics, genomics, psychology, mythologies, and religious studies. Together, these are combined to illustrate the long-term context and the diverse influences on the writing of these influential religious texts. The book aims to summarise the emergence of the human species over time and the circumstances which led to the transition from hunter-gatherers to early civilisations, outline the diversity of prehistoric cultural and mythological influences that emerged across those early civilisations, explain how those prehistoric cultural and mythological practices strongly influenced and were adapted to produce the Hebrew Bible, and place the Hebrew Bible in its historical and mythological context as one example of a long tradition of ancient mythological literary styles and writing.

By: Peter Bycroft
Imprint: Clark & MacKay
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 203mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 1.030kg
ISBN: 9781923289154
ISBN 10: 1923289152
Pages: 526
Publication Date: 12 December 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Bycroft's career has spanned research, academia, and consulting, with notable contributions in areas such as environmental psychology, regional economic development, and Indigenous studies. Peter is a polymath who draws on multiple complex sources to assist him in better understanding human nature and the world. He holds an honours degree in Architecture, a Master of Science in Environmental Psychology. He has worked cross-sectorally as an environmental psychologist and business management consultant to the Australian Federal, State, and Local Government sectors for over 25 years, earning multiple awards for his work in research, organisational modelling, and evaluation strategies.He has held Head of Department, Professorial and senior academic positions at four of Australia's leading universities. He is a secular humanist whose main interest is in the origin, and history of religions.