Research Catalog

Title

Yahweh versus Baal : a conflict of religious cultures : a study in the relevance of Ugaritic materials for the early faith of Israel / by Norman C. Habel.

Author

Habel, Norman C.

Publication

New York : Published for the School for Graduate Studies, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis [by] Bookman Associates, 1964.

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Details

Description

128 p.; 21 cm.

Series Statement

Graduate study ; no. 6

Uniform Title

Graduate study (Saint Louis, Mo.) ; no. 6.

Subject

• Baal (Canaanite deity)
• Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Mythology, Ugaritic
• Canaanites > Religion
• Ugaritic literature > Relation to the Old Testament
• God > Biblical teaching
• Ugarit (Extinct city) > Religion
• Ugarit (Extinct city)
• Palestine > Religion

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• Rev. and shortened ed. of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Concordia Theological Seminary.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• 1. The conflict tradition in the covenant faith of Israel -- The Sinaitic covenant tradition -- The essential content of the Sinaitic covenant -- The covenant renewal at Sinai -- The incident at Beth-Peor -- The crisis at Shechem -- 2. The faith of Israel in the early poetic traditions -- The warrior king and his mighty feats -- The sovereign Lord and His chosen one -- The covenant God and His jealous love -- 3. The kingship of Baal and the kingship of Yahweh -- The purpose and nature of the Ugaritic kingship texts -- Baal's decisive battle for kingship -- The exaltation of Baal as the cosmic overlord -- The kingship of Yahweh in "the song of the sea" -- The relevance of the battle of kingship motif
• 4. The theophany of Baal and the theophany of Yahweh -- The character of Baal as the storm god -- The theophany of Baal from his temple -- The temple cultus of Baal as storm god -- The theophanies of Yahweh in the early Israelite poetry -- Yahweh's theophany from His temple -- Psalm 29: Yahweh's expression of divine kingship in a storm theophany -- 5. Baal as the god of fertility and Yahweh as the God of life -- The descent of Baal to the underworld of Mot -- Mortuary rites for Baal -- The harvesting of Mot and the revivification of Baal -- Drought and the sympathy of nature in the Old Testament -- Agricultural rituals in Israelite society -- Yahweh as the Lord of life.

LCCN

^^^64014448^

OCLC

• 3437056
• SCSB-9956387

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library