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9780826468307

Yahweh And the Gods And Goddesses of Canaan

by Day, John
  • ISBN13:

    9780826468307

  • ISBN10:

    0826468306

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-12-01
  • Publisher: Sheffield Academic Pr
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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 assimilated from these deities and what it came to reject. More generally he discusses the impact of Canaanite polytheism on ancient Israel and how monotheism was eventually achieved.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. 7
Abbreviationsp. 8
Yahweh and Elp. 13
Yahweh and Asherahp. 42
Yahweh versus Baalp. 68
Yahweh's Appropriation of Baal Imageryp. 91
Yahweh and the Goddesses Astarte and Anat (and the Queen of Heaven)p. 128
Yahweh and the Astral Deities (Sun, Moon and Lucifer)p. 151
Yahweh and the Underworld Deities (Mot, Resheph, Molech and the Rephaim)p. 185
Conclusion: The Canaanite Gods and Goddesses and the Rise of Monotheismp. 226
Bibliographyp. 234
Index of Referencesp. 264
Index of Authorsp. 276
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