Monotheism and Yahweh's Appropriation of Baal
Biblical scholarship today is divided between two mutually exclusive concepts for about the emergence of monotheism, an early-monotheistic Yahwism paradigm and a native-pantheon paradigm. The study identifies five main stages on Israel's journey towards monotheism. Rather than deciding whethe...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Anderson, James S., ca. 21. Jh., Monotheism and Yahweh's appropriation of Baal] (2017) (Gaines, Jason M. H.)
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| Series/Journal: | The Library of Hebrew Bible / Old Testament Studies
v.617 |
| Further subjects: | B
Baal (Canaanite deity)
B Electronic books |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Monotheism and Yahweh's Appropriation of Baal: |
| Summary: | Biblical scholarship today is divided between two mutually exclusive concepts for about the emergence of monotheism, an early-monotheistic Yahwism paradigm and a native-pantheon paradigm. The 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 |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (158 p) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-567-66394-8 |
