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A reassessment of biblical Elohim / Joel S. Burnett.
Van Pelt Library BS1192.6 .B87 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burnett, Joel S., 1968-
- Series:
- Dissertation series (Society of Biblical Literature) ; no. 183.
- Dissertation series / Society of Biblical Literature ; no. 183
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- God--Name--Biblical teaching.
- God.
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 172 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta, GA : Society of Biblical Literature, [2001]
- Contents:
- Chapter 2. 'Elohim and Its Extrabiblical Counterparts 7
- The Comparative Evidence for Biblical 'elohim 7
- The Late Bronze Age Antecedent 7
- Description of the Usage 7
- The Geographic Distribution of the Late Bronze Age Expression 12
- The Origin of the Expression 14
- The Meaning of the Late Bronze Age Expression 16
- Grammatical Issues 19
- First-Millennium Parallels 24
- Phoenician 24
- Karatepe 25
- Late Phoenician and Punic 27
- Aramaic 30
- Bar-Rakib 30
- Ahiqar 31
- Egyptian Papyri 34
- Deir 'Alla 36
- First-Millennium Akkadian 40
- Assyrian Royal Correspondence 40
- Wisdom Texts 43
- Ritual Texts 47
- A Babylonian Royal Inscription 48
- Hymn Texts 49
- Personal Names 50
- 'Elohim as a Common Noun 54
- 'Elohim in Comparison with Other Words for "god" 54
- The Abstract Nature of 'elohim 58
- Appellative 'elohim in Technical Language 60
- Patron Deities 63
- The Concept of the Patron Deity in the Hebrew Bible 63
- "The God of the Fathers" 67
- "The God of Israel" 68
- International Contexts 70
- Plural 'elohim as a Counterpart to Singular 'elohim 73
- More International Contexts 73
- Plural 'elohim in Israelite Contexts 76
- Chapter 3. The Title 'elohim in Israelite Religion 79
- The Title 'elohim in the National Cult 79
- Jeroboam's Cult Formula 80
- Possible Explanations for the Plural Formula 81
- Another Instance of Plural 'elohim 82
- A New Frame of Reference for the Formula 85
- Divine Plurality in the Exodus Tradition 86
- The 'elohim Formula's Associations with the Ark 92
- The 'elohim Formula's Associations with the Bull Image 96
- Bethel Traditions of 'elohim 98
- Exodus 32 99
- Back to 1 Kings 12:25-33 103
- 'Elohim in Literary Traditions of Northern Orientation 106
- Pentateuchal Traditions 106
- Prophets Addressing the Northern Kingdom 107
- Amos 107
- Hosea 112
- The Elijah Cycle 116
- Chapter 4. The Significance of 'elohim in Pentateuchal E 121
- Preliminary Discussion of E 121
- Critical Problems Concerning E 121
- A Minimal Identification of E 127
- Other E Texts in Genesis 130
- 'Elohim in the Patriarchal Traditions of E 134
- The Divine Designation 'elohim 134
- 'Elohim as the Ancestral Patron Deity 137
- The Identity of 'elohim 139
- Internal Structure of E 143
- E Beyond Genesis 144
- The Disclosure of the Divine Name in Exodus 3 144
- The Use of 'elohim after the Disclosure of the Divine Name 150.
- Notes:
- Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Johns Hopkins University, 1999.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-172).
- ISBN:
- 1589830164
- OCLC:
- 47689804
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