Twilight of the Gods: Polytheism in the Hebrew BibleWestminster John Knox Press, 1 ian. 2005 - 108 pagini Since the middle of the twentieth century, one of biblical scholarship's chief assumptions has been that ancient Israel evolved out of the polytheism of surrounding cultures into an ethical monotheism. However, this consensus has fallen apart in recent years. Scholars now know that early Israel was surrounded by a very polytheistic culture and that many Israelites thought of Yahweh as the chief God among many gods. Furthermore, archaeology has shown that Yahweh was worshiped along with other gods throughout the period after the exile, when many shrines were in honor of "Yahweh and his Asherah." David Penchansky's Twilight of the Gods is the first accessible book that shows a historical Israel where polytheism and monotheism existed simultaneously in great conflict. He provides a historical introduction, followed by close readings of key Old Testament passages, where he demonstrates how to interpret difficult biblical texts that depict other gods or claim Yahweh is the only God within this new understanding of Israelite religion. |
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... goes on to note , " Graeco - Roman Jews seem to have been quite ready to accommo- date various divine beings .... Part of the problem in estimating what Jews made of heavenly beings other than God ' ontologically ' is that scholars tend ...
... goes on to assert , " This text can be dated to about 1250—1200 BC , some four centuries before Mesha of Moab , but the practices it describes are documented as late as the Roman period . " He goes on to give other historical examples ...
... goes on to say , " The nature of the great wrath that saved the day for Moab is left open for readers to interpret on their own " ( 169 ) . implication was early ignored and forgotten " ( 1950 , The Wrath of Chemosh 5.
... goes on to say : " The tale belongs to the popular prophetic cycle and uses the bald prim- itive lingo . " Montgomery does not even mention what the " primitive implication " is . It appears almost a taboo subject for him , a coded way ...
... Go to your father's prophets 9. P. D. Stern suggests that Elisha ( and Yahweh ) had their fingers crossed when they predicted Israelite victory ( 1993 , 7 ) , that Elisha had only said that it was an easy thing for Yahweh to give the ...
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Miqreh Happenstance in Ancient Israel | 13 |
Benê Elōbîm The Divine Council | 23 |
The Dissolution of the Divine Council | 33 |
AntiIdol Polemic An Attack on the Gods of Israel | 41 |
The Goddesses of Ancient Israel | 49 |
Lady Zion The Beautiful Goddess | 67 |
Asherah and Archaeology | 75 |
Conclusion | 91 |
Index of Scripture | 101 |