Yahweh and the gods and goddesses of Canaan /
This masterly book is the climax of over twenty-five years of study of the impact of Canaanite religion and mythology on ancient Israel and the Old Testament. It is John Day's magnum opus in which he sets forth all his main arguments and conclusions on the subject. The work considers in detail...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Sheffield Academic Press,
2002
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| Series: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;
265. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This masterly book is the climax of over twenty-five years of study of the impact of Canaanite religion and mythology on ancient Israel and the Old Testament. It is John Day's magnum opus in which he sets forth all his main arguments and conclusions on the subject. The work considers in detail the relationship between Yahweh and the various gods and goddesses of Canaan, including the leading gods El and Baal, the great goddesses (Asherah, Astarte and Anat), astral deities (Sun, Moon and Lucifer), and underworld deities (Mot, Resheph, Molech and the Rephaim). Day assesses both what Yahwism assi. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (282 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-263) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567537836 0567537838 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
