Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan: A Historical Analysis of Two Contrasting FaithsProfessor Albright speaks to a new generation of scholars through this reprint of his classic work contrasting Israelite and Canaanite religions. The five chapters were originally presented as seven lectures and discuss Poetry and Prose, the Patriarchal Background, Canaanite Religion in the Early Bronze Age, the Struggle between Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan, and the Religious Cultures of Israel and Phoenicia. |
Contents
| 4 | |
| 10 | |
The JE Complex | 28 |
E The Historical Significance of Archaic Hebrew | 42 |
THE PATRIARCHAL BACKGROUND | 53 |
The Patriarchal Mode of Life | 64 |
Hebrew and Apiru | 73 |
E Mesopotamian Cosmogony in Genesis | 91 |
THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN YAHWEH | 153 |
THE RELIGIOUS CULTURES OF ISRAEL | 208 |
B Phoenicia and Phoenician Higher Culture | 217 |
Phoenician and Israelite Religion in Contact | 226 |
Phoenician Hierophants and Their | 244 |
E Some Major Aspects of Phoenician Literary | 253 |
ADDENDA | 265 |
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Accadian ancient Apiru appears archaic Assyrian Baal Babylonian BASOR become Bible biblical Bronze called Canaanite caravan century B.C. certainly Chapter clear common cult culture derived discussion divine donkey Dynasty earlier early Egypt Egyptian elements epic especially evidence example fact father figure followed goddess gods Greek hand Hebrew historical Hittite identified important influence inscriptions Israel Israelite Judges king known land late later lists literature Mari material meaning mentioned Middle Moses natural Note original pagan Palestine parallelism passages Patriarchal period Phoenician poetic pointed possible practice present preserved probably prophets Psalm published question reason recent references religious remains remarks rendered repetitive Semitic sense similar sources Sumerian Syria tablets third tion tradition translation true Ugaritic verse Yahweh
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