The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic TextsOxford University Press, 9 aug. 2001 - 352 sidor According to the Bible, ancient Israel's neighbors worshipped a wide variety of gods. In recent years, scholars have sought a better understanding of this early polytheistic milieu and its relation to Yahweh, the God of Israel. Drawing on ancient Ugaritic texts and looking closely at Ugaritic deities, Mark Smith examines the meaning of "divinity" in the ancient near East and considers how this concept applies to Yahweh. |
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Anthropomorphic Deities and Divine Monsters | |
The Divine Council | |
The Divine Family | |
Pluralities Pairings and Other Divine Relations | |
Dead Rephaim and Kings and the Power of Death in Life | |
Making Associations | |
Frazers Hypothesis about Dying and Rising Gods | |
Problems with the Category | |
The SoCalled Dying and Rising Gods | |
Foundations for a Theory of Baals Death and Return to Life | |
The Conceptual Ideology in Baals Life and Death | |
The Mythology of Death and the God of Israel | |
THE ORIGINS OF MONOTHEISM IN THE BIBLE | |
El Yahweh and the Original God of IsraEL and the Exodus 1 El in the Bronze | |
Divine Possession and the Problem of Yahweh and His Consort | |
Athtart as the Name of Baal | |
Divinized Qualities of Deities | |
Cultic Places and Things | |
The Conceptual Unity of Ugaritic Polytheism | |
CHARACTERISTICS OF DIVINITY | |
The Traits of Deities | |
Strength and Size | |
Body and Gender | |
Holiness | |
Immortality | |
Divine and Human Life Or My Breakfast with Shulamit | |
The Life and Death of Baal | |
El in Iron Age Phoenicia | |
El in Iron Age Aram and Transjordan | |
El in Iron Age Israel | |
Was El Israels Original God? | |
The Question of Yahwehs Original Character | |
Was El the Original God of the Exodus? | |
The Emergence of Monotheistic Rhetoric in Ancient Judah | |
The Formation of Monotheistic Theologies in Biblical Literature | |
Monotheism in Isaiah 4055 | |
Notes | |
Indexes of Texts | |
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The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the ... Mark S. Smith Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 2003 |
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