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Yahweh Versus Baal

Author : Norman C. Habel
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725240521
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Yahweh Versus Baal written by Norman C. Habel and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1929, scholars have been concerned with the interpretation of certain Canaanite literary materials found at Ras Shamra in North Syria, known as Ugarit in ancient times. Attention has been paid, primarily, to certain linguistic and cultural parallels between this corpus of literature and sections of the Old Testament. But despite the numerous treatments of the isolated points of contact between Ugaritic and biblical thought, one major question has not received an adequate answer. How and to what extent are the Ugaritic texts, and especially the Baal texts, relevant for an appreciation of the fundamentals of the Israelite religion? Professor Habel seeks to answer at least part of this question by translating pertinent segments of the Baal texts, according to the sequence of G. R. Driver, summarizing their context, and considering their import, thought sequence, and basic ideas in relation to appropriate materials from the early faith of Israel. The succinct results of this comparison are provocative, to say the least. The author begins by isolating the major features of an underlying “conflict tradition.” The conflict between Israel’s beliefs and the religious forces of its environment was a vital influence in the formulation of Israel’s earliest religious faith and experience. The content of this faith as summarized in the concise wording of Exodus 19:3–6 is shown to be virtually identical with that of Israel’s earliest poetic heritage where a lively polemic against the Canaanite religious is discernible. One of the highlights of Professor Habel’s comparison of the Baal texts with Israel’s archaic poetic traditions is his contribution to the understanding of Exodus 15. In this connection he discovers a clearly defined sequence of ideas common to certain Baal texts and Exodus 15:1–18. By skillfully utilizing the work of other scholars the author sheds additional light on the polemical and theological import of several passages depicting theophanies of Yahweh. A similar evaluation of the relevance of the Ugaritic texts for the cultic practices of Israel is made possible by a sober evaluation of the pertinent texts.

Elijah, Yahweh, and Baal

Author : Hermann Gunkel
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498201873
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Elijah, Yahweh, and Baal written by Hermann Gunkel and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Elijah, Yahweh, and Baal is a masterpiece presented with authority by a twentieth-century accomplished and unsurpassed exegete. It is now translated by a disciple, whose elegant rendition sounds as if Hermann Gunkel had originally written himself the book in English." --Andre LaCocque, The Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL "Written a century ago for a church audience eager to learn how the best scholarship of the day could illuminate one of the Bible's most absorbing stories, this little book shows Gunkel at the height of his powers of critical perspicuity, explanatory finesse, and reverent sensitivity, the ideal Bible study leader, at once learned, captivating, and devout. . . . Moreover, Gunkel encompasses his subject as few today could or would in such short scope, combining philological acumen, aesthetic appreciation, comparative perspective, and attention to communal folk tradition--his pioneer distinction--and constants of human religiosity. The translation includes astute notes by the editor and a helpful list of more recent resources." --Robert B. Coote, San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Francisco, CA "Hermann Gunkel, who died in 1932, is one of the greatest teachers and 'God-Fathers' of Old Testament study. He has taught us the most about the artistic, imaginative dimensions of the text. His interpretation of the Elijah narrative in this volume is a treasure that merits continuing attention. We may be grateful indeed to K. C. Hanson for bringing it to us in English, and to Wipf and Stock for its publication. Gunkel continues to be our teacher and 'God-Father' in wise shrewd reading of the text." --Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA

Monotheism and Yahweh's Appropriation of Baal

Author : James S. Anderson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567663965
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book Monotheism and Yahweh's Appropriation of Baal written by James S. Anderson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biblical scholarship today is divided between two mutually exclusive concepts of the emergence of monotheism: an early-monotheistic Yahwism paradigm and a native-pantheon paradigm. This study identifies five main stages on Israel's journey towards monotheism. Rather than deciding whether Yahweh was originally a god of the Baal-type or of the El-type, this work shuns origins and focuses instead on the first period for which there are abundant sources, the Omride era. Non-biblical sources depict a significantly different situation from the Baalism the Elijah cycle ascribes to King Achab. The novelty of the present study is to take this paradox seriously and identify the Omride dynasty as the first stage in the rise of Yahweh as the main god of Israel. Why Jerusalem later painted the Omrides as anti-Yahweh idolaters is then explained as the need to distance itself from the near-by sanctuary of Bethel by assuming the Omride heritage without admitting its northern Israelite origins. The contribution of the Priestly document and of Deutero-Isaiah during the Persian era comprise the next phase, before the strict Yahwism achieved in Daniel 7 completes the emergence of biblical Yahwism as a truly monotheistic religion.

Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan

Author : John Day
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567537838
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (675 download)

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Download or read book Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan written by John Day and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This masterly book is the climax of over twenty-five years of study of the impact of Canaanite religion and mythology on ancient Israel and the Old Testament. It is John Day's magnum opus in which he sets forth all his main arguments and conclusions on the subject. The work considers in detail the relationship between Yahweh and the various gods and goddesses of Canaan, including the leading gods El and Baal, the great goddesses (Asherah, Astarte and Anat), astral deities (Sun, Moon and Lucifer), and underworld deities (Mot, Resheph, Molech and the Rephaim). Day assesses both what Yahwism assimilated from these deities and what it came to reject. More generally he discusses the impact of Canaanite polytheism on ancient Israel and how monotheism was eventually achieved.

Yahweh Versus Baalism

Author : Wolfgang Bluedorn
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9781841272009
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Yahweh Versus Baalism written by Wolfgang Bluedorn and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2001-12-19 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author uses a literary-theological approach to argue that the main theme of the combined Gideon-Abimelech narrative is a theological one, where the narrator demonstrates Yahweh's supreme power and contrasts it with the absence of Baal, the representative of foreign gods. While the Gideon narrative focuses on Yahweh and the illustration of his power and contrasts it with Gideon's limited capacities, the Abimelech narrative demonstrates Baal's absence, Baalism's disastrous potential, and Yahweh's continued control over the events. Hence Gideon's victory over the Midianites and Abimelech's kingship serve only as the tangible instruments by which a single abstract theological theme becomes narratable.

Yahweh Versus Baal

Author : Norman C. Habel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Yahweh Versus Baal written by Norman C. Habel and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Origins of Yahwism

Author : Jürgen van Oorschot
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110447118
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Origins of Yahwism written by Jürgen van Oorschot and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compendium examines the origins of the God Yahweh, his place in the Syrian-Palestinian and Northern Arabian pantheon during the bronze and iron ages, and the beginnings of the cultic veneration of Yahweh. Contributors analyze the epigraphic and archeological evidence, apply fundamental considerations from the cultural and religious sciences, and analyze the relevant Old Testament texts.

Rank among the Canaanite Gods

Author : Conrad E. L'Heureux
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004386831
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Rank among the Canaanite Gods written by Conrad E. L'Heureux and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Yahweh Versus Baal: a Conflict of Religious Cultures

Author : Norman C. Habel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yahweh Versus Baal: a Conflict of Religious Cultures written by Norman C. Habel and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Great Angel

Author :
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664253950
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (539 download)

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Download or read book The Great Angel written by and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking book, Barker claims that pre-Christian Judaism was not monotheistic and that the roots of Christian Trinitarian theology lie in a pre-Christian Palestinian belief about angels derived from the ancient religion of Israel. Barker's beliefs are based on canonical and deutero-canonical works and literature from Qumran and rabbinic sources.

Baal Worship

Author : Stephen C. Perks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780952205869
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

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Yahweh Versus Baal

Author : Norman C. Habel
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532662777
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Elijah, Yahweh, and Baal

Author : Hermann Gunkel
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498201865
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Elijah, Yahweh, and Baal written by Hermann Gunkel and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Elijah, Yahweh, and Baal is a masterpiece presented with authority by a twentieth-century accomplished and unsurpassed exegete. It is now translated by a disciple, whose elegant rendition sounds as if Hermann Gunkel had originally written himself the book in English."" --Andre LaCocque, The Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL ""Written a century ago for a church audience eager to learn how the best scholarship of the day could illuminate one of the Bible's most absorbing stories, this little book shows Gunkel at the height of his powers of critical perspicuity, explanatory finesse, and reverent sensitivity, the ideal Bible study leader, at once learned, captivating, and devout. . . . Moreover, Gunkel encompasses his subject as few today could or would in such short scope, combining philological acumen, aesthetic appreciation, comparative perspective, and attention to communal folk tradition--his pioneer distinction--and constants of human religiosity. The translation includes astute notes by the editor and a helpful list of more recent resources."" --Robert B. Coote, San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Francisco, CA ""Hermann Gunkel, who died in 1932, is one of the greatest teachers and 'God-Fathers' of Old Testament study. He has taught us the most about the artistic, imaginative dimensions of the text. His interpretation of the Elijah narrative in this volume is a treasure that merits continuing attention. We may be grateful indeed to K. C. Hanson for bringing it to us in English, and to Wipf and Stock for its publication. Gunkel continues to be our teacher and 'God-Father' in wise shrewd reading of the text."" --Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA Hermann Gunkel (1862-1932) was Professor of Old Testament at the universities in Berlin, Giessen, and Halle, Germany. Among his major works in English are Genesis, Introduction to the Psalms, and Creation and Chaos in the Primeval Era and the Eschaton.

The Origins of Biblical Monotheism

Author : Mark S. Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195167686
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book The Origins of Biblical Monotheism written by Mark S. Smith and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-11-06 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the leading scholars of ancient West Semitic religion discusses polytheism vs. monotheism by covering the fluidity of those categories in the ancient Near East. He argues that Israel's social history is key to the development of monotheism.

Yahweh before Israel

Author : Daniel E. Fleming
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108835074
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Yahweh before Israel written by Daniel E. Fleming and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-03 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a ground-breaking new interpretation with which to consider and contextualize the name Yahweh before its relationship with Israel.

The Invention of God

Author : Thomas Römer
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674504976
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (745 download)

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Download or read book The Invention of God written by Thomas Römer and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-04 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas Römer seeks to answer these enigmatic questions about the deity of the great monotheisms—Yhwh, God, or Allah—by tracing Israelite beliefs and their context from the Bronze Age to the end of the Old Testament period in the third century BCE, in a masterpiece of detective work and exposition.

Religious Texts from Ugarit

Author : Nick Wyatt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780826460486
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Religious Texts from Ugarit written by Nick Wyatt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2002-11-26 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated and corrected edition of a classic work, with new material. This book is an up-to-date translation and commentary on the Ugaritic texts. Of interest and importance for a general readership, as well as students and specialists in biblical, classical and religious studies. As well as being intrinsically fascinating, the Ugaritic texts have long been recognized as basic background material for Old Testament study. Ugaritic deities, myths, religious terminology, poetic techniques and general vocabulary are widely encountered by the attentive reader of the Hebrew Bible. The present edition offers an up-to-date translation and commentary based on scrutiny of the original tablets and the most recent academic discussion. While addressing the needs of accurate translation it also attempts to take seriously demands for a readable English version.