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The royal God : enthronement festivals in ancient Israel and Ugarit? / Allan Rosengren Petersen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Petersen, Allan Rosengren.
- Series:
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 259.
- Copenhagen international seminar ; 5.
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 259
- Copenhagen international seminar ; 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mowinckel, Sigmund, 1884-1965. Psalmenstudien.
- Mowinckel, Sigmund.
- Hvidberg, Flemming Friis, 1897-1959. Weeping and laughter in the Old Testament.
- Hvidberg, Flemming Friis.
- Kapelrud, Arvid Schou, 1912- Baal in the Ras Shamra texts.
- Kapelrud, Arvid Schou.
- Gaster, Theodor Herzl, 1906-1992. Thespis.
- Gaster, Theodor Herzl.
- Caquot, Andre. Problemes d'histoire religieuse.
- Caquot, Andre.
- Gese, Hartmut. Religionen Altsyriens, Altarabiens und der Mandaer.
- Gese, Hartmut.
- Kinet, Dirk. Theologische Reflexion im Ugaritischen Baal-Zyklus.
- Kinet, Dirk.
- Bible. Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Ugaritic language--Texts.
- Ugaritic language.
- Ugaritic literature--Relation to the Old Testament.
- Ugaritic literature.
- Ugarit (Extinct city)--Religion.
- Ugarit (Extinct city).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (121 pages) : maps
- Other Title:
- Enthronement festivals in ancient Israel and Ugarit?
- Place of Publication:
- Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, c1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Critically tests Mowinckel's hypothesis about the 'enthronement festival of Yahweh' and asks whether this theory finds any support in the epic literature of Ugarit. Petersen tests Sigmund Mowinckel's classical hypothesis about the enthronement festival of Yahweh and especially whether this theory, as urged by the followers of Mowinckel, finds any support in the epic literature of Ugarit. A careful study of the two corpora of texts, the Old Testament Psalms and the Ugaritic Baal-cycle, together with a discussion of the methodology of the cultic interpretation, shows the weaknesses of the hypoth
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 MOWINCKEL'S THEORY OF THE ENTHRONEMENT FESTIVAL OF YAHWEH; Chapter 2 A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF MOWINCKEL'S THEORY ABOUT AN ENTHRONEMENT FESTIVAL OF YAHWEH; Chapter 3 THE ENTHRONEMENT FESTIVAL OF YAHWEH AND THE UGARITIC TEXTS; Chapter 4 INTERPRETATIONS OF THE UGARITIC BAAL-CYCLE; Chapter 5 WHERE DID SCHAEFFER FIND THE CLAY TABLETS OF THE UGARITIC BAAL-CYCLE?; Chapter 6 ENUMA ELISH AND THE AKĪTU FESTIVAL; Chapter 7 CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
- Notes:
- "Revised edition of ... prize essay ... delivered to the University of Copenhagen in January 1992.".
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786611814182
- 9781281814180
- 1281814180
- 9780567651907
- 0567651908
- OCLC:
- 283798947
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