A Double-Plated Cosmos? Gen 1’s Cosmology, the Baal Stele, and the Logic of a Firmament of the Earth
Abstract The cosmology as described in the creation account in Gen 1:1–2:4a has occasioned endless commentary. One of the more perceptive studies of this text was published by Baruch Halpern in 2003. In this article, I review Halpern’s argument and add evidence from iconography at Ugarit. The Baal S...
| Autor principal: | |
|---|---|
| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado em: |
2020
|
| Em: |
Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
Ano: 2020, Volume: 20, Número: 2, Páginas: 87-112 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Bibel. Genesis 1
/ Cosmologia
/ Baal, Deus
/ Estela
|
| Classificações IxTheo: | BC Antigo Oriente ; Religião HB Antigo Testamento |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Baal Stele
B Gen 1 B Cosmology |
| Acesso em linha: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Resumo: | Abstract The cosmology as described in the creation account in Gen 1:1–2:4a has occasioned endless commentary. One of the more perceptive studies of this text was published by Baruch Halpern in 2003. In this article, I review Halpern’s argument and add evidence from iconography at Ugarit. The Baal Stele (Louvre catalog number AO 15775), in which the deity holds lightning and stands with the king, also displays a cosmology that has intriguing connections with Halpern’s thesis about an “expanse of the earth.” After connecting Halpern’s thesis to this visual representation of cosmology from Ugarit, I explore the ways in which both text and image are mutually illuminating and help to interpret one another, extending the analysis to so-called Deutero-Isaiah and Ps 136 as well. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1569-2124 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15692124-12341313 |
