Jahwe als Wettergott: Studien zur althebräischen Kultlyrik anhand ausgewählter Psalmen
It has long been suspected that Yahweh, the God of the Old Testament, was originally a weather god of the same type as the Syrian Baal. The present study presents the exegetic basis for this. It demonstrates how the Psalter preserves various ancient cultic songs praising Yahweh as a royal weather go...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | German |
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Berlin [u.a.]
De Gruyter
2008
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| In: |
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (387)
Year: 2008 |
| Reviews: | Jahwe als Wettergott. Studien zur althebräischen Kultlyrik anhand ausgewählter Psalmen (2010) (Weber, Beat, 1955 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
387 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jahwe
/ Weather god
/ Psalms
B Jahwe / Idea of God / Weather god / Psalms |
| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
God (Judaism)
Name
B Religion History B Storms in the Bible B Bible. O.T. Psalms Criticism, interpretation, etc B Weather in the Bible B Thesis B God |
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| Summary: | It has long been suspected that Yahweh, the God of the Old Testament, was originally a weather god of the same type as the Syrian Baal. The present study presents the exegetic basis for this. It demonstrates how the Psalter preserves various ancient cultic songs praising Yahweh as a royal weather god. Parallels in Syrian and Mesopotamian weather god traditionsshow that originally the Ancient Hebrew notion of God was not fundamentally different from that of its surroundings |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 3110207311 |