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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817536503321

Autore

Day John

Titolo

Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2010

ISBN

1-283-27113-3

9786613271136

0-567-53783-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

Disciplina

296.39

Soggetti

Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc

Canaanites -- Religion

God -- Biblical teaching

Gods, Canaanite

Mythology, Canaanite

Gods, Canaanite - Religion

Canaanites

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Eastern Religions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 YAHWEH AND EL; Chapter 2 YAHWEH AND ASHERAH; Chapter 3 YAHWEH VERSUS BAAL; Chapter 4 YAHWEH'S APPROPRIATION OF BAAL IMAGERY; Chapter 5 YAHWEH AND THE GODDESSES ASTARTE AND ANAT (AND THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN); Chapter 6 YAHWEH AND THE ASTRAL DEITIES (SUN, MOON AND LUCIFER); Chapter 7 YAHWEH AND THE UNDERWORLD DEITIES (MOT, RESHEPH, MOLECH AND THE REPHAIM); Chapter 8 CONCLUSION: THE CANAANITE GODS AND GODDESSES AND THE RISE OF MONOTHEISM; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This masterly book is the climax of over twenty-five years of study of the impact of Canaanite religion and mythology on ancient Israel and the Old Testament. It is John Day's magnum opus in which he sets forth



all his main arguments and conclusions on the subject. The work considers in detail the relationship between Yahweh and the various gods and goddesses of Canaan, including the leading gods El and Baal, the great goddesses (Asherah, Astarte and Anat), astral deities (Sun, Moon and Lucifer), and underworld deities (Mot, Resheph, Molech and the Rephaim). Day assesses both what Yahwism assi