De-demonising the Old Testament: An Investigation of Azazel, Lilith, Deber, Qeteb and Reshef in the Hebrew BibleMohr Siebeck, 2009 - 266 עמודים Judit M. Blair challenges the common view that azazel, lilith, deber, qeteb and reshef are names of 'demons' in the Hebrew Bible, claiming that major works on the subject proceed from the assumption that these terms were demons in the ancient Near East and /or later, or that they were deities who became 'demonised' by the authors of the Hebrew Bible. Without questioning the validity of traditional methods she supplements the existing works by making an exegesis based on a close reading of all the relevant texts of the Hebrew Bible in which these five terms occur. Close attention is paid to the linguistic, semantic, and structural levels of the texts. The emphasis is on a close examination of the immediate context in order to determine the function of each term. The author notes different signals within the texts, especially the use of the various poetical/rhetorical devices: personification, parallelism, similes, irony, and mythological elements. |
תוכן
History of Research of Azazel Lilith Deber Qeteb | 16 |
qeteb and reshef | 53 |
Lilith in Context An Examination of Terms | 63 |
Deber in the Hebrew Bible | 96 |
Qeteb in the Hebrew Bible | 177 |
Reshef in the Hebrew Bible | 194 |
Main Conclusion of Investigation | 213 |
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
according agents ancient angels anger animals appears argues arrows associated Azazel belief Biblical birds Book bring Canaanite Caquot cause chapter clear Commentary commentators conclude contains context creatures Cult death deber deity demons described destroy destruction Deut discussion disease element evidence evil example Exod expression Ezekiel fact famine forces four further goat gods hand Hebrew Bible identified interpretation Isaiah Israel Israelites Jeremiah Jewish king land later Leviticus Lilith meaning mentioned mythological notes noun occurs offering Old Testament oracle parallel Pardee passages personified plague points possible present Press prophet Psalms punishment qeteb question reference regard Religion Reshef Ritual scholars seems sense similar Similarly Song suggest sword taken term translation turn Ugarit usually various verb verse versions wild writes Yahweh