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1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations |
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The biblical seminar ; 77 |
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Biblical seminar ; 77.
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Contents |
Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; I have Blessed you by YHWH of Samaria and his Asherah: Texts with Religious Elements from the Soil Archive of Ancient Israel; Archaeological Traces of Cult in Ancient Israel; El, the God of Israel-Israel, the People of YHWH: On the Origins of Ancient Israelite Yahwism; Asherah outside Israel; The Gods, in Whom They Trusted ... Assyrian Evidence for Iconic Polytheism in Ancient Israel?; Women and Religion in the Old Testament; Only One God: On Possible Implications for Biblical Theology; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B |
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Summary |
The view of ancient Israelite religion as monotheistic has long been traditional in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, religions that have elaborated in their own way the biblical image of a single male deity. But recent archaeological findings of texts and images from the Iron Age kingdoms of Israel and Judah and their neighbourhood offer a quite different impression. Two issues in particular raised by these are the existence of a female consort, Asherah, and the implication for monotheism; and the proliferation of pictorial representations that may contradict the biblical ban on images. Was the religion of ancient Israel really as the Bible would have us believe? This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to these issues, presenting the relevant inscriptions and discussing their possible impact for Israelite monotheism, the role of women in the cult, and biblical theology |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-222) and indexes |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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"The English translation of a set of essays published originally in Dutch"--Preface |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
SUBJECT |
Aschirat. swd |
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Monotheism -- Palestine -- History of doctrines
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Judaism -- History -- To 70 A.D.
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Asherah (Semitic deity)
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Theology.
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Asherah (Semitic deity)
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Judaism
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Monotheism -- History of doctrines
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Monotheismus
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Monotheïsme.
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JHWH.
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Asjera.
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Middle East -- Palestine
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Israel Altertum
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Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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Author |
Becking, Bob
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ISBN |
9780567232120 |
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0567232123 |
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1283195313 |
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9781283195317 |
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