The Concept Of Fate In Ancient Mesopotamia Of The First Millennium
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The Concept Of Fate In Ancient Mesopotamia Of The First Millennium
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Author : Jack Newton Lawson
language : de
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Release Date : 1994
The Concept Of Fate In Ancient Mesopotamia Of The First Millennium written by Jack Newton Lawson and has been published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Assyro-Babylonian religion categories.
The Urim And Thummim
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Author : Cornelis Van Dam
language : en
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Release Date : 1997
The Urim And Thummim written by Cornelis Van Dam and has been published by Eisenbrauns this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
This is the first exhaustive study of the Urim and Thummim since 1824, and in this book Van Dam sets out to rectify that lack of attention. He investigates all of the biblical data concerning this enigmatic oracular means of high-priestly revelation and its connection, in the historical books of the Old Testament, with the common phrase "to enquire of Yahweh/God." After surveying the history of interpretation and the treatment of the terms in the various versions and translations, Van Dam examines the implications of similar oracular devices and priestly dress within the larger cultural context of the ancient Near East. He places the Urim and Thummim within the context of divine revelation and human inquiry and the corollary probibition of divination in ancient Israel. He concludes that the breastpiece functioned as a pouch to hold the Urim and Thummim, which therefore clearly were tangible objects. Van Dam traces the use of this oracular instrument through the early monarchy under David--from the time of Joshua through the early monarchy under David--and its apparent disappearance by the time of the "classical" prophets, where a shift to primarily verbal oracles occurs. Concurrent with his study of the history of the oracle, Van Dam interacts with current discussion on the nature and process of God's revelation to humankind.
Paradise Now
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Author : April D. De Conick
language : en
Publisher: Society of Biblical Lit
Release Date : 2006
Paradise Now written by April D. De Conick and has been published by Society of Biblical Lit this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
The Origins Of Biblical Monotheism
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Author : Mark S. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2003-11-06
The Origins Of Biblical Monotheism written by Mark S. Smith and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11-06 with Bibles categories.
One of the leading scholars of ancient West Semitic religion discusses polytheism vs. monotheism by covering the fluidity of those categories in the ancient Near East. He argues that Israel's social history is key to the development of monotheism.
The God Ninurta
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Author : Amar Annus
language : en
Publisher: State Archives of Assyria
Release Date : 2002
The God Ninurta written by Amar Annus and has been published by State Archives of Assyria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Assyro-Babylonian literature categories.
The current investigation has been divided into three main chapters. In the first two chapters, the primary focus is the relationship between Ninurta and kingship. The first chapter gives a diachronic overview of the cult of Ninurta during all historical periods of ancient Mesopotamia. This chapter shows that the conception of Ninurta's identity with the king was present in Mesopotamian religion already in the third millennium BC. Ninurta was the god of Nippur, the religious centre of Sumerian cities, and his most important attribute was his sonship to Enlil. While the mortal gods were frequently called the sons of Enlil, the status of the king converged with that of Ninurta at his coronation, through the determination of the royal fate, carried out by the divine council of gods in Nippur. The fate of Ninurta parallels the fate of the king after the investiture. Religious syncretism is studied in the second chapter. The configuration of Nippur cults left a legacy for the religious life of Babylonia and Assyria. The Nippur trinity of the father Enlil, the mother Ninlil, and the son Ninurta had direct descendants in the Babylonian and Assyrian pantheon, realized in Babylonia as Marduk, Zarpanitu, and Nabu, and as Assur, Mullissu, and Ninurta in Assyria. While the names changed, the configuration of the cult survived, even when, from the eighth century BC onwards, Ninurta's name was to a large extent replaced by that of Nabu. In the third chapter various manifestations or hypostases of Ninurta are discussed. Besides the monster slayer, Ninurta was envisaged as farmer, star and arrow, healer, and tree. All these manifestations confirm the strong ties between the cult of Ninurta and kingship. By slaying Asakku, Ninurta eliminated evil from the world, and accordingly he was considered the god of healing. The healing, helping, and saving of a believer who was in misery was thus a natural result of Ninurta's victorious battles. The theologoumenon of Ninurta's mission and return was used as the mythological basis for quite a few royal rituals, and this fact explains the extreme longevity of the Sumerian literary compositions Angim and Lugale, from the third until the first millennium BC. Ninurta also protected legitimate ownership of land and granted protection for refugees in a special temple of the land. The "faithful farmer" is an epithet for both Ninurta and the king. Kingship myths similar to the battles of Ninurta are attested in an area far extending the bounds of the ancient Near East. The conflict myth on which the Ninurta mythology was based is probably of prehistoric origin, and various forms of the kingship myths continued to carry the ideas of usurpation, conflict, and dominion until late Antiquity.
Mesopotamian Divination Texts Conversing With The Gods
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Author : Ulla Susanne Koch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Mesopotamian Divination Texts Conversing With The Gods written by Ulla Susanne Koch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
Supernal Serpent
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Author : Andrei A. Orlov
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023
Supernal Serpent written by Andrei A. Orlov and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Education categories.
"A certain king built himself a palace and summoned two persons to decorate it for him. The king divided his palace into two parts, putting one person in charge of one half and the second in charge of the other. One of the persons decorated his part of the palace with beautiful paintings of birds and animals. But the second person painted his half of the palace with black dye which was reflecting everything like a mirror. When the king came to judge the two decorations, everything he had seen in the first person's part he also saw in the second's part, since it was reflected in its black dye like in a mirror. Not only that, but even all the king could wish to put in the first half of his palace appeared in the second half. This found favor in the eyes of the king"--
Divine Secrets And Human Imaginations
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Author : Angelika Berlejung
language : en
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Release Date : 2021-04-13
Divine Secrets And Human Imaginations written by Angelika Berlejung and has been published by Mohr Siebeck this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-13 with Religion categories.
The articles in this volume of collected essays, written over the last two decades and all revised, updated, and supplemented with unpublished material, are grouped around two themes: Divine Secrets and Human Imaginations. The first essays deal with the production, initiation, use and function, the abduction, repatriation, and the replacement of divine images, their outer appearance, and the many facets of the divine presence theology in Ancient Mesopotamia. The essays on the second topic deal with human imaginations, human constructs, and constructed memories, which assign meaning to the past or to things or experiences that are beyond human control. Thematically, several aspects of the human condition are examined, such as the ideas associated in the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East with death, corporeality, enemies, disasters, utopias, and passionate love.
In The Path Of The Moon
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Author : Francesca Rochberg
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2010
In The Path Of The Moon written by Francesca Rochberg and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Literary Collections categories.
"In the Path of the Moon" offers a collection of essays concerning Babylonian celestial divination. It investigates various aspects of cuneiform celestial omens, horoscopes, and astronomy and their wide-ranging influences on later Hellenistic science and philosophy.
Spirit And Reason
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Author : Dale Launderville
language : en
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Release Date : 2007
Spirit And Reason written by Dale Launderville and has been published by Baylor University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Religion categories.
Ezekiel's symbolic thinking is an integrative rationality in which reason is regarded as operating within the heart through the empowerment and guidance of the Spirit.