Divine intercession in Judah?
The paper explores evidence and reasons for thinking that some Judeans may have believed in and appealed to divine intercessors with Yahweh. After a brief review of the evidence for such a belief and practice outside Judah and in times before and after the Iron Age and Persian period, it considers f...
| Published in: | Vetus Testamentum |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | German |
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| Published: |
Brill
2006
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| In: |
Vetus Testamentum
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judah (Monarchy)
/ Polytheism
B Hebrew language / Inscription |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HH Archaeology |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. Ijob 33,3-24
B Iron age B Khirbet el-Qom B Judah Monarchy B Idea of God B Bible. Ijob 16,19-21 |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | The paper explores evidence and reasons for thinking that some Judeans may have believed in and appealed to divine intercessors with Yahweh. After a brief review of the evidence for such a belief and practice outside Judah and in times before and after the Iron Age and Persian period, it considers factors in the social life and religious beliefs of Judeans that would favor such an institution. It then discusses the limited direct evidence for divine intercession, first in biblical literature from the Persian period and then in inscriptions from the Iron Age. |
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| ISSN: | 0042-4935 |
| Contains: | In: Vetus Testamentum
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