Making Sense of the Divine Name in the Book of Exodus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Making Sense of the Divine Name in the Book of Exodus write by Austin Surls. This book was released on 2017-05-01. Making Sense of the Divine Name in the Book of Exodus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The obvious riddles and difficulties in Exod 3:13–15 and Exod 6:2–8 have attracted an overwhelming amount of attention and comment. These texts make important theological statements about the divine name YHWH and the contours of the divine character. From the enigmatic statements in Exod 3:13–15, most scholars reconstruct the original form of the name as “Yahweh,” which is thought to describe YHWH’s creative power or self-existence. Similarly, Exod 6:3 has become a classic proof-text for the Documentary Hypothesis and an indication of different aspects of God’s character as shown in history. Despite their seeming importance for “defining” the divine name, these texts are ancillary to and preparatory for the true revelation of the divine name in the book of Exodus. This book attempts to move beyond atomistic readings of individual texts and etymological studies of the divine name toward a holistic reading of the book of Exodus. Surls centers his argument around in-depth analyses of Exod 3:13–15, 6:2–8 and Exod 33:12–23 and 34:5–8. Consequently, the definitive proclamation of YHWH’s character is not given at the burning bush but in response to Moses’ later intercession (Exod 33:12–23). YHWH proclaimed his name in a formulaic manner that Israel could appropriate (Exod 34:6–7), and the Hebrew Bible quotes or alludes to this text in many genres. This demonstrates the centrality of Exod 34:6–7 to Old Testament Theology. The character of God cannot be discerned from an etymological analysis of the word yhwh but from a close study of YHWH’s deliberate ascriptions made progressively in the book of Exodus.
What's in a Divine Name?
What's in a Divine Name? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What's in a Divine Name? write by Alaya Palamidis. This book was released on 2024-03-18. What's in a Divine Name? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Divine Names are a key component in the communication between humans and gods in Antiquity. Their complexity derives not only from the impressive number of onomastic elements available to describe and target specific divine powers, but also from their capacity to be combined within distinctive configurations of gods. The volume collects 36 essays pertaining to many different contexts - Egypt, Anatolia, Levant, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome - which address the multiple functions and wide scope of divine onomastics. Scrutinized in a diachronic and comparative perspective, divine names shed light on how polytheisms and monotheisms work as complex systems of divine and human agents embedded in an historical framework. Names imply knowledge and play a decisive role in rituals; they move between cities and regions, and can be translated; they interact with images and reflect the intrinsic plurality of divine beings. This vivid exploration of divine names pays attention to the balance between tradition and innovation, flexibility and constraints, to the material and conceptual parameters of onomastic practices, to cross-cultural contexts and local idiosyncrasies, in a word to human strategies for shaping the gods through their names.
Studies in the Psalms
Studies in the Psalms - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Studies in the Psalms write by Joseph Bryant Rotherham. This book was released on 1911. Studies in the Psalms available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Divine Names and the Holy Trinity
Divine Names and the Holy Trinity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Divine Names and the Holy Trinity write by R. Kendall Soulen. This book was released on 2011-01-01. Divine Names and the Holy Trinity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-284) index.
Yahoel and Metatron
Yahoel and Metatron - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Yahoel and Metatron write by Andrei A. Orlov. This book was released on 2017-08-17. Yahoel and Metatron available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "In this work, Andrei A. Orlov examines the apocalyptic profile of the angel Yahoel as the mediator of the divine Name, demonstrating its formative influence not only on rabbinic and Hekhalot beliefs concerning the supreme angel Metatron, but also on the unique aural ideology of early Jewish mystical accounts."--Back of dust jacket.
