Divine War in the Old Testament and in the Ancient Near East

✍ Scribed by Sa-Moon Kang

• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 269
• Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 177
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The purpose of this study is to investigate the motifs of divine war in the ancient Near East and in this light to research the motifs of YHWH war in the Old Testament. There are three issues concerning the problem of YHWH war. The first issue is the distinction between holy war and YHWH war. The main argument concerning YHWH war has been focused under the name of "holy war" by F. Schwally, M. Weber, J. Pedersen and especially G. von Rad. The second issue is the distinction between the mythical and historical realities of YHWH war. The third issue is the possible connection between YHWH war in the Old Testament and divine war in the ancient Near East.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction

Part One: Divine War in the Ancient Near East
I. Divine War in Mesopotamia
II. Divine War in Anatolia
III. Divine War in Syro-Palestine
IV. Divine War in Egypt
Summary

Part Two: YHWH War in the Old Testament
V. Wars in the Traditions of Exodus-Conquest
VI. Wars in the Tradition of the Judges and Saul
VII. YHWH War of David
Conclusion

✦ Subjects

Kritik Interpretation Nachschlagewerke Christentum Religion Esoterik Genres Fremdsprachige Bücher