Only one God? : monotheism in ancient Israel and the veneration of the goddess Asherah / / Bob Becking [and three others]

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [2001]; ©2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.3/11
• Soggetto topico: Monotheism - Palestine - History of doctrines; Judaism - History - To 70 A.D; Asherah (Semitic deity)
• Persona (resp. second.): BeckingBob
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [202]-222) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; I have Blessed you by YHWH of Samaria and his Asherah: Texts with Religious Elements from the Soil Archive of Ancient Israel; Archaeological Traces of Cult in Ancient Israel; El, the God of Israel-Israel, the People of YHWH: On the Origins of Ancient Israelite Yahwism; Asherah outside Israel; The Gods, in Whom They Trusted ... Assyrian Evidence for Iconic Polytheism in Ancient Israel?; Women and Religion in the Old Testament; Only One God: On Possible Implications for Biblical Theology; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: The view of ancient Israelite religion as monotheistic has long been traditional in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, religions that have elaborated in their own way the biblical image of a single male deity. But recent archaeological findings of texts and images from the Iron Age kingdoms of Israel and Judah and their neighbourhood offer a quite different impression. Two issues in particular raised by these are the existence of a female consort, Asherah, and the implication for monotheism; and the proliferation of pictorial representations that may contradict the biblical ban on images. Was th
• Titolo autorizzato: Only one God
• ISBN: 1-283-19531-3; 9786613195319; 0-567-23212-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789517503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Biblical seminar ; ; 77.