Yahweh's coming of age /
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In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the deity YHWH is often portrayed as an old man. One of the epithets used of YHWH in the Hebrew Bible, the Ancient of Days, is a source for this depiction of God as elderly. Yet, when we look closely at the early traditions of biblical Israel, we see a different picture : God is relatively youthful, a warrior who defends his people. This book is an examination of the question: How did God become old? The transformation from young deity to Ancient of Days took place at the intersection of two trajectories in the traditions of Israel. One trajectory is reflected in the way that apocalyptic traditions found in the book of Daniel recast the old Canaanite mythic imagery seen in the Ugaritic and early biblical texts. This trajectory allows YHWH to take on qualities, such as old age, that were not associated with him during most of Israel's history but were associated with El in the Canaanite traditions. The second trajectory, a depiction of Israel's God as elderly, is connected with the development of the idea of YHWH as father. The more comfortable the biblical tradents became with portraying YHWH as a father a metaphor that was not embraced in the early traditions the easier it became for the people of Israel to think of YHWH as occupying a stage of the human life cycle.
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vii, 163 pages ; 24 cm :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
1575061724 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781575061726 (hardback : alk. paper)
Ein Buch verandert die Welt : Alteste Zeugnisse der Heiligen Schrift aus der Zeit des fruhen Christentums in Agypten /
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Exhibition catalog. :
x, 100 pages, 9 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
3901232362 :
https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/staffView?searchId=37305&recPointer=0&recCount=25&searchType=0&bibId=13192922
Omnia
Bethsaida Excavations Project reports & contextual studies /
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Vols. 1-4 have also title: Bethsaida : a city by the north shore of the Sea of Galilee.
Vol. 2 published by Truman State University Press, Kirksville, Mo.
Some vols. include CD-ROM. :
volumes <1-4> : illustrations ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
0943549302 (v. 1)
0943549493 (v. 2)
193111238X (v. 3)
9781931112833 (v. 4)
Agriculture in Iron Age Israel /
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Orig. pub. Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, �1987. "Reprinted by permission."--T.p.verso
Initiated as a Ph. D. dissertation at the University of Michigan. :
xxii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-184) and indexes.
"Bibliography: updated and annotated": pages 185-213 :
0897570545
9780897570541