Divine Envy, Jealousy, and Vengefulness in Ancient Israel and Greece
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: theories and methods -- 1. Studying emotions -- a. Studying emotions in general -- b. Studying emotions in literary texts -- 2. Characterizing "envy" and "jealousy" -- 3....
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subito Delivery Service: | Order now. |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Milton
Taylor & Francis Group
2022
|
| In: | Year: 2022 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
God (Judaism)-Attributes-Biblical teaching
B Electronic books |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781032261799 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: theories and methods -- 1. Studying emotions -- a. Studying emotions in general -- b. Studying emotions in literary texts -- 2. Characterizing "envy" and "jealousy" -- 3. Theoretical views concerning revenge and its relation to envy -- 4. The functions of anthropomorphic and anthropopathic deities -- 2 Divine envy, jealousy, and vengeance in ancient Israel and Greece -- 1. Are Yahweh and the Greek gods "persons" with coherent personalities? -- 2. Biblical and Greek understandings of divine jealousy and envy -- 3. Divine vengeance and its relation to envy and jealousy in biblical and Greek texts 24 -- a. Divine vengeance and wrath in biblical texts -- b. Indignation, vengeance, and divine jealousy in ancient Greek texts -- (1) Nemesis, envy, and vengeance -- (2) Revenge and justice in Euripides' Hecuba -- 3 Yahweh as a jealous and envious God -- 1. The seeming impossibility of Yahweh experiencing envy -- 2. Is Yahweh envious of his human creatures? -- a. The charge that Yahweh was envious of Adam and Eve -- b. Does Yahweh envy the best of his human creatures? -- c. Yahweh as both jealous and envious in relation to other gods -- 3. Yahweh's envy in relation to his narcissism -- a. Psychological approaches to the relationship between envy and narcissism -- b. Yahweh's narcissism and its relation to envy and attachment anxiety -- c. The charge that Yahweh is sadistic at times -- d. The charge that Yahweh's behavior is sometimes immature or infantile -- 4 Jealousy for Yahweh and divine vengeance -- 1. The three figures who are called "jealous for Yahweh" -- a. Phinehas -- b. Elijah -- c. Jehu -- 2. Moses the infanticidal avenger in Numbers -- a. Moses in Num 31:17-18 and Pharaoh in Exod 1:22. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (215 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1000786927 |