The Cosmic Mountain in Canaan and the Old Testament
Author : Richard J. Clifford
Publisher : Brill
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,14 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Author : Richard J. Clifford
Publisher : Brill
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,14 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Author : Richard J. Clifford
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 29,1 MB
Release : 2019-01-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004387773
Author : Richard J. Clifford SJ
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,96 MB
Release : 2023-12-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1666786586
Author : Kelley Coblentz Bautch
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,4 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004131033
Clarifying the text and geography of one of the oldest apocalypses, this study examines the travels of the patriarch Enoch. Coblentz Bautch also explores comparable and perhaps influential traditions from the ancient Near East, Hebrew Bible, and world of Hellenism.
Author : Robin A. Parry
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 11,38 MB
Release : 2014-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1630876224
Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of the Bible. When we read Scripture we often imagine that the world inhabited by the Bible's characters was much the same as our own. We would be wrong. The biblical world is an ancient world with a flat earth that stands at the center of the cosmos, and with a vast ocean in the sky, chaos dragons, mystical mountains, demonic deserts, an underground zone for the dead, stars that are sentient beings, and, if you travel upwards and through the doors in the solid dome of the sky, God's heaven--the heart of the universe. This book takes readers on a guided tour of the biblical cosmos with the goal of opening up the Bible in its ancient world. It then goes further and seeks to show how this very ancient biblical way of seeing the world is still revelatory and can speak God's word afresh into our own modern worlds.
Author : Winfried Vogel
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,56 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781433107030
This unique study of the theology of the book of Daniel examines the cultic motif within the book as it relates to space and time. Numerous references and allusions to cult are investigated with linguistic, literary, and contextual analyses. The findings are then related to the main theological themes of the book such as judgment, eschatology, kingdom, and worship. It is evident that the idea of cult plays a dominant role in Daniel, and that it demonstrates the intention of the author to present the issue of conflict of two opposing systems of cult and worship. For all who are interested in an exegesis of Daniel that pays dutiful attention to the theology of Daniel, The Cultic Motif in the Book of Daniel is a must-read.
Author : L. Michael Morales
Publisher : Peeters Pub & Booksellers
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 24,87 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789042927025
In the ancient Near East, where cosmos and cult were of a piece, temples were the architectural embodiment of the cosmic mountain. This monograph explores how the mountain narratives of the Hebrew Bible canonically preceding the establishment of the tabernacle cultus may therefore serve to prefigure that cultus. Examining the creation, deluge, and exodus accounts in light of cosmic mountain ideology, the study develops a cosmogonic pattern of being delivered through the waters to the mountain of God for worship. As a symbol for approaching the divine Presence, this pattern is ultimately cultic, and includes a gate liturgy running as an undercurrent through each narrative. Moses alone, for example, is permitted ascent to the summit of Sinai, a role later mimicked by the high priest's annual entrance into the holy of holies. From Adam's descent of the holy mountain to the high priest's "ascent" of the architectural mountain of God, The Tabernacle Prefigured makes a compelling case that to dwell in the divine Presence via the tabernacle cultus presents a mediated return to the original telos of the cosmos.
Author : John H. Walton
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,89 MB
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1493414364
Leading evangelical scholar John Walton surveys the cultural context of the ancient Near East, bringing insight to the interpretation of specific Old Testament passages. This new edition of a top-selling textbook has been thoroughly updated and revised throughout to reflect the refined thinking of a mature scholar. It includes over 30 illustrations. Students and pastors who want to deepen their understanding of the Old Testament will find this a helpful and instructive study.
Author : Robin A Parry
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 37,36 MB
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0718843940
Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of the Bible.Robin Parry takes the reader on a guided tour of the biblical cosmos with the goal of opening up the Bible in its ancient world. He then goes further and shows how this very ancient biblical way of seeing the world is still revelatory and can speak God's word afresh into our own modern worlds.
Author : Frank Moore CROSS
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 15,62 MB
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0674030087
Annotation The essays contained in this book are preliminary studies directed toward a new synthesis of the history of the religion of Israel. Each study is addressed to a special and, in the authors view, unsolved problem in the description of Israel's religious development.