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1 online resource (xvii, 268 pages). |
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Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe ; 72
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Studies of the Sofja Kovalevskaja Research Group on Early Jewish Monotheism ; Volume III
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Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe ; 72.
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Studies of the Sofja Kovalevskaja Research Group on early Jewish monotheism ; v. 3.
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Includes bibliographical references and index at the end of each chapters. |
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Divine violence in the book of Isaiah -- 'The city by the sea will be a drying place': Isaiah 19.1-25 in light of prophetic texts from Ptolemaic Egypt -- Who is a God like You? Refracting the one God in Jonah, Micah and Nahum -- YHWH, the divine beings and Zechariah 1-6 -- The beginnings of one-ness theology in late Israelite prophetic literature -- Monotheistischer Universalismus und frühe Formen eines Völkerrechts in prophetischen Texten Israels achämenidishcher Zeit -- The god(s) of the nations in late prophecy -- Cognitive dissonance and eschatological violence: fantasized solutions to a theological dilemma in Second Temple Judaism -- Monotheism, angelology, and dualism in ancient Jewish apocalyptic writings -- Worship and Idolatry in the book of Daniel through the lens of Tertullian's De idololatria. |
| Summary |
Discussion of early Jewish monotheism has focused on its origins in earlier Israelite religion, while its development in late prophetic and early apocalyptic literature has received little attention. Yet the reflections of the concept of monotheism in these works are much more diverse than is generally recognized. This literature reflects a lively debate over the implications of Yhwh's supremacy, which extend to the full range of religious and socio-political experience. The authors of this volume explore that diversity by focusing on how particular texts and themes embody and shape the emergi. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English, with one contribution in German. |
| Subject |
Bible. Prophets -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses.
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Bible. Prophets. |
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Bible. Prophets. |
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Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism -- Congresses.
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Apocalyptic literature. |
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Monotheism -- Congresses.
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Monotheism. |
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
MacDonald, Nathan, 1975- editor.
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Brown, Ken, editor.
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AchenBach, Reinhard, contributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Monotheism in late prophetic and early apocalyptic literature. Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, ©2014 xvii, 268 pages Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe ; 72 1611-4914 9783161532405 |
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3161536886 |
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9783161536885 (electronic book) |
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9783161532405 |
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