Was There a Cult of El in Ancient Canaan?

Essays on Ugaritic Religion and Language

AvDavid Toshio Tsumura

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del 55 i serien Orientalische Religionen in der Antike

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Beskrivning

David Toshio Tsumura untersucht in diesem Aufsatzband eine Reihe von ugaritischen mythologischen und liturgischen Texten eingehend daraufhin, wie sie die Gottheit interpretieren. Er beleuchtet alte kanaanitische religiöse Praktiken und soziale Bräuche, die für ein besseres Verständnis der alttestamentlichen Literatur unerlässlich sind.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-03-04
Mått:180 x 255 x 24 mm
Vikt:707 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Orientalische Religionen in der Antike
Antal sidor:309
Förlag:Mohr Siebeck
ISBN:9783161612787

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Biblar inom Filosofi och religion
Forntidens historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Born 1944; MDiv from Asbury Seminary in Kentucky, USA; PhD from Brandies University; 1974−2022 taught Old Testament at Japan Bible Seminary, Tokyo; 1975−99 full-time associate professor at the University of Tsukuba; Professor Emeritus of Japan Bible Seminary and Principal of the Tokyo Institute of Biblical Studies of Japan Bible Seminary.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionPart 1 - BackgroundChapter 1: Canaan and the Canaanites Chapter 2: C. H. Gordon, the Father of Ugaritic StudiesPart 2 - El, Baal and YahwehChapter 3: Canaanite Religion and Israelite YahwismChapter 4: Was There a Cult of El in Ancient Ugarit?Part 3 - The Myth and Ritual of the Good GodsChapter 5. IL in the Fertility Myth (KTU 1.23:30-76)Chapter 6: Mt-w-Šr and His Two WeaponsChapter 7: Myth and Ritual Relationship in KTU 1.23Chapter 8: Revisiting the "Seven" Good Gods of Fertility in UgaritPart 4 - Royal Dynastic Cults in UgaritChapter 9: Kings and Cults in Ancient UgaritChapter 10: The Ancestor Cult in UgaritPart 5 - Language and StyleChapter 11: Vowel sandhi in UgariticChapter 12: "Misspellings" in Cuneiform Texts from UgaritChapter 13: The primae waw Verb wld in UgariticChapter 14: The Problem of Keret's ChildlessnessChapter 15: List and Narrative in 1 Samuel 6:17-18a in the Light of Ugaritic Economic TextsConcluding Remarks