De-demonising the Old Testament: An Investigation of Azazel, Lilith, Deber, Qeteb and Reshef in the Hebrew BibleMohr Siebeck, 2009 - 266 páginas Judit M. Blair challenges the common view that azazel, lilith, deber, qeteb and reshef are names of 'demons' in the Hebrew Bible, claiming that major works on the subject proceed from the assumption that these terms were demons in the ancient Near East and /or later, or that they were deities who became 'demonised' by the authors of the Hebrew Bible. Without questioning the validity of traditional methods she supplements the existing works by making an exegesis based on a close reading of all the relevant texts of the Hebrew Bible in which these five terms occur. Close attention is paid to the linguistic, semantic, and structural levels of the texts. The emphasis is on a close examination of the immediate context in order to determine the function of each term. The author notes different signals within the texts, especially the use of the various poetical/rhetorical devices: personification, parallelism, similes, irony, and mythological elements. |
Conteúdo
History of Research of Azazel Lilith Deber Qeteb | 16 |
qeteb and reshef | 53 |
Lilith in Context An Examination of Terms | 63 |
Deber in the Hebrew Bible | 96 |
Qeteb in the Hebrew Bible | 177 |
Reshef in the Hebrew Bible | 194 |
Main Conclusion of Investigation | 213 |
235 | |
249 | |
Termos e frases comuns
agents of punishment Amos ancient Near East ancient Near Eastern argues arrows Azazel Biblical birds Brueggemann Canaanite Religion Caquot chapter Chron Commentary context Craigie creatures curses death deber deity demonology demons desert destruction Deut Deuteronomy discussion Ebla Egypt evil Exod Exodus Ezek Ezekiel famine Fulco Gaster goat gods Greenberg HALOT Hebrew Bible Holladay Hosea interpretation Isaiah Israel Israelites Jeremiah Jerusalem Jewish king Leviticus Lilith Lundbom McKane meaning Mesopotamian mighty Milgrom mythological Niehr noun occurs Oesterley Old Testament Olmo oracle Oswalt parallel Pardee passages personified pestilence plague points Press prophet Psalms qeteb reference regard Reshef Reshef appears Resheph Ritual and Cult ršp sacrifice scholars Semitic sense Sheol similar Similarly suggest sword term Textes Rituels translation Ugarit verb verse Wyatt Xella Yahweh Yahweh's agents Yahweh's angels אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה כִּי