The Myth of Cosmic Rebellion

A Study of Its Reflexes in Ugaritic and Biblical Literature
Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-90-04-10563-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 65, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 594 g

Reihe: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements

This volume examines reflexes of a West Semitic myth describing an attempted coup against the high god of the pantheon. In 1939, J. Morgenstern theorized that this myth was the precursor of the Satan traditions found in Jewish and Christian sources. This treatment (1) reconsiders Morgenstern's hypothesis, (2) reviews scholarship on this myth of cosmic rebellion within the W.F. Albright/F.M. Cross, Jr. lineage, (3) compiles a concordance of texts cited by scholars in analyzing the myth, (4) considers the possibility that Athtar is the myth's divine antihero, (5) provides a translation and close reading of selected Ugaritic and Hebrew texts that have informed discussion about the myth, (6) reassesses the value of these texts, and (7) provides a reconstruction of the myth.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Page Jr, Hugh

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie, Vergleichende Mythologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

Hugh R. Page, Jr., Ph.D. (1990) in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Notre Dame. He is the editor of Exploring New Paradigms in Biblical and Cognate Studies, (Mellen, 1996).