The Hebrew God: Portrait of an Ancient DeityYale University Press, 1 Oca 2002 - 246 sayfa Originally worshipped by the people of a small and politically insignificant eastern Mediterranean community, the Hebrew God rose to become the monotheistic deity of the entire Western tradition. In this absorbing book, well-known biblical scholar Bernhard Lang provides for the first time a full portrait of the ancient Hebrew God. Drawing on all available evidence, including ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian texts and art, Lang offers a comprehensive view of the Hebrew God that is both fascinating and surprising. Lang's portrait shows the Hebrew God in five images. He appears as lord of wisdom, lord of war, lord of the animals, lord of the individual, and lord of the harvest -- a God whose rule extends to all areas of life. Lang illuminates the completeness of this God's leadership with insights derived from modern religious, anthropological, and cultural studies, and he argues that Israel's monotheistic God, far from being simply opposed to other gods, actually echoes and incorporates much of the ancient polytheistic experience of the divine. The world-view of the ancient Semites did not differ from that of the Indo-European peoples as dramatically as others have assumed, Lang contends. Written in an accessible style, this appealing volume stores a wealth of information for general reader and religious historian alike. |
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Dumezil the Deluge and the Dream of Solomon | 3 |
The Thesis of the Present Book | 12 |
Lord of Wisdom | 15 |
The Lord of Esoteric Wisdom | 17 |
Mythology Associated with the Lord of Wisdom | 24 |
An Alternative View God as Lawgiver and Scribe | 34 |
Lord of War | 45 |
God as Lord of War | 47 |
God as Lord of the Individual The Mesopotamia Contribution | 126 |
Lord of the Harvest | 139 |
The Fertile Crescent | 141 |
Lord of the Harvest Archaic Natural Theologies | 146 |
Lord of the Harvest Theologies Shaped by Historical Experience | 159 |
The Hebrew God Fragments of a History | 171 |
Manifestations of the Divine and Historical Beginnings | 173 |
The Sacred Story and Monotheism | 179 |
The Warriors Initiation and Gods Battle with the Monster | 53 |
From Exodus to Apocalyptic Drama | 63 |
Lord of the Animals | 75 |
God as Lord of the Animals | 77 |
Human Authority over Animals | 91 |
The Rediscovery of the Lord of the Animals ca 500 BCE | 99 |
Lord of the Individual the Personal God | 109 |
The Discovery of Personal Piety | 111 |
God as Lord of the Individual The Egyptian Contribution | 115 |
Christ as Second God | 189 |
The Names of the Hebrew God | 198 |
The Ancient Near East ca 3400500 BCE A Brief Guide to Its Cultural History | 209 |
Abbreviations | 216 |
Notes | 217 |
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