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...

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Main Author: Parker, Simon B. 1940-2006 (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:German
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Published: Brill 2006
In: Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2006, Volume: 56, Issue: 1, Pages: 76-91
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
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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.
ISSN:0042-4935
Contains:In: Vetus Testamentum