A possible origin of the concept of the Day of the Lord
One of the most difficult problems of the Old Testament is the origin of the important concept Day of the Lord. In spite of all the ingenious attempts to trace the origin and meaning of this concept, the problem still exists and the solution is still unsolved. E.g. Hugo Gressmann tried to connect th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1966
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Neotestamentica
Year: 1966, Volume: 1966, Issue: 1, Pages: 90-97 |
| Further subjects: | B
Concept
B Day of the Lord |
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| Summary: | One of the most difficult problems of the Old Testament is the origin of the important concept Day of the Lord. In spite of all the ingenious attempts to trace the origin and meaning of this concept, the problem still exists and the solution is still unsolved. E.g. Hugo Gressmann tried to connect this conception to Babylonian mythology and to date it back to early times even as prehistoric eschatology.1) But this opinion was met with severe criticism of which the doubtful connection to Babylonian mythology seems to me the most important.2) |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/AJA2548356_921 |