CHAPTER II

BIBLE STORIES IN OPERA AND ORATORIO

Dr. Chrysander's theory of the undramatic nature of the Hebrew, his

literature, and his life, Hebrew history and Greek mythology, Some

parallels, Old Testament subjects: Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, The

"Kain" of Bulthaupt and d'Albert, "Tote Augen," Noah and the Deluge,

Abraham, The Exodus, Mehal's "Joseph," Potiphar's wife and Richard

Strauss, Raimondi's contrapuntal trilogy, Nebuchadnezzar, Judas

Maccabaeus, Jephtha and his Daughter, Judith, Esther, Athalia,

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