Gods In Dwellings

Author : Michael B. Hundley
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781589839199

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Gods in Dwellings by Michael B. Hundley Pdf

In this book devoted exclusively to temples and perceptions of the divine presences that inhabit them, Michael B. Hundley focuses on the official religions of the ancient Near East and explores the interface between the human and the divine within temple environs. Hundley identifies common ancient Near Eastern temple systems and examines issues that include what temple structures communicate, how temples were understood to function, temple ideology, the installation of divine presence in a temple, the connection between presence and physical representation, and human service to the deity. Drawing on architectural and spatial theory, ritual theory, theories of language, art history, archaeology, sociocultural anthropology, and comparative studies, Hundley offers a single interpretive lens through which to view temple worship. Features: A close examination of temples in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Hittite Anatolia, and Syria-Palestine An interdisciplinary treatment of architecture, language, ritual, and art A dual focus on how a deity's divine presence connects to space and art and how human service to the deity maintains the deity's active presence

Author : Phillip G. Camp,Elaine A. Phillips
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725283527

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Speaking with God by Phillip G. Camp,Elaine A. Phillips Pdf

"Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy!" (Ps 86:1). God's people, past and present, know that the Lord of all creation listens to their prayers for mercy, help, forgiveness, and justice. God's people cry out to the heart of their God, sometimes through intense struggle and perplexity, and they expect an answer. There can be no less in a true relationship. They also celebrate their experiences of God's faithfulness. There is no area of life outside the bounds of prayer. The essays in this collection, written by biblical scholars, explore Old Testament prayers in order to enrich our understanding of Israel's beliefs about and relationship with God. Equally important for each of the authors is the following question: Why do these prayers matter for the life of the church today?

Author : Albert Dimitri Luhandjula
Publisher : Xlibris
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1514464314

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Last Dwelling of Gods by Albert Dimitri Luhandjula Pdf

Author : Michael Hundley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781108482868

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Yahweh among the Gods by Michael Hundley Pdf

A redefinition of the ancient conceptions of god, the relationships between them, and the rhetoric used to exalt them.

Author : John H. Walton,J. Harvey Walton
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830872572

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The Lost World of the Torah by John H. Walton,J. Harvey Walton Pdf

Our handling of what we call biblical law veers between controversy and neglect. On the one hand, controversy arises when Old Testament laws seem either odd beyond comprehension (not eating lobster) or positively reprehensible (executing children). On the other, neglect results when we consider the law obsolete, no longer carrying any normative power (tassels on clothing, making sacrifices). Even readers who do attempt to make use of the Old Testament "law" often find it either irrelevant, hopelessly laden with "thou shalt nots," or simply so confusing that they throw up their hands in despair. Despite these extremes, people continue to propose moral principles from these laws as "the biblical view" and to garner proof texts to resolve issues that arise in society. The result is that both Christians and skeptics regularly abuse the Torah, and its true message often lies unheard. Walton and Walton offer in The Lost World of the Torah a restorative vision of the ancient genre of instruction for wisdom that makes up a significant portion of the Old Testament. In the ancient Near East, order was achieved through the wisdom of those who governed society. The objective of torah was to teach the Israelites to be wise about the kind of order needed to receive the blessings of God’s favor and presence within the context of the covenant. Here readers will find fresh insight on this fundamental genre of the Old Testament canon. The books in the Lost World Series follow the pattern set by Bible scholar John H. Walton, bringing a fresh, close reading of the Hebrew text and knowledge of ancient Near Eastern literature to an accessible discussion of the biblical topic at hand using a series of logic-based propositions.

Author : V. Vycinas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401033596

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Earth and Gods by V. Vycinas Pdf

Earth and Gods is an attempt to introduce the reader to Heidegger's fully developed philosophy. The title Earth and Gods gives an im pression of not being a general study of Heidegger's philosophy. However, this is not true - the earth and the gods are fundamental ontological symbols of his fully developed philosophy, namely, his third and final phase of thought. This phase repeats the problems of both preceding phases in a fuller and more developed manner; hence, it implies them. The two preceding phases are the phase of Dasein and the phase of Being. These two phases are a natural flow of fundamental problems which reach their final formation and development in the phase of earth and gods. Dasein (the first phase) leads to Being, and Being (the second phase) bursts into fundamental ontological powers of Being (Seinsmiichte) which are earth and sky, gods and mortals (the third phase). Since earth is unthinkable without sky and since gods are gods in the world of mortals - of men, the title Earth and Gods is an abbreviation of these four fundamental powers of Being. Hence, an investigation of earth and gods is an attempt to present Heidegger's philosophy as a whole. Such a presentation provides the reader with the background necessary for a more adequate and efficient understanding of the writings of Heidegger himself. Thus, Earth and Gods may rightly be considered an introduction to Hei degger's philosophy.

Author : Raymond Firth
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000321234

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The Work of the Gods in Tikopia by Raymond Firth Pdf

First published in 1939 and long out of print, this book remains unique as the only full and detailed account by a social anthropologist of a complete pagan Polynesian ritual cycle. This new single-volume edition omits some of the Tikopia vernacular texts, but includes a new theoretical introduction; postscripts have also been supplied to some of the chapters comparing the performances of 1928-9 with those witnessed by Professor Firth on his second visit to Tikopia in 1952. There is a specially written Epilogue on the final eclipse of the traditional ritual, based on a third visit by the author during the summer of 1966.

Author : Mark S. Smith
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Autumn festivals
ISBN : 9781589832039

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The Rituals and Myths of the Feast of the Goodly Gods of KTU/CAT 1.23 by Mark S. Smith Pdf

Text of the work known as The birth of the beautiful gods, in parallel columns: Ugaritic (romanized) and English (p. 18-25), with commentary and discussion in English.

Author : Linda Hogan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1996-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780684830339

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Dwellings by Linda Hogan Pdf

Whether she is writing about bats, bees, procupines, or wolves, contemplating the mysteries of caves, or delving into the traditions, beliefs, and myths of Native American cultures, Linda Hogan expresses a deep reverence for the dwelling we all share--the Earth. 16 line drawings.

Author : Mark S. Smith
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Anthropomorphism
ISBN : 9780300209228

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Where the Gods are by Mark S. Smith Pdf

6. The Royal City and Its Gods -- Epilogue: Ancient Theorizing About Anthropomorphism and Space -- Notes -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Index of Modern Authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Index of Ancient Sources

Author : Thomas BULFINCH (the Younger.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026774032

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The Age of Fable; Or, Stories of Gods and Heroes by Thomas BULFINCH (the Younger.) Pdf

Author : Thomas Bulfinch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Animals, Mythical
ISBN : HARVARD:HWRGJP

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The Age of Fable; Or, Stories of Gods and Heroes by Thomas Bulfinch Pdf

Author : John Allegro
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780989328036

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The Chosen People by John Allegro Pdf

The Chosen People tells the history of the Jews from the conquest of Jersualem by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in 587 B.C.E. to the Second Jewish Revolt of C.E. 132. John Allegro bases his account on traditional texts — books of the Old Testament, Josephus, Philo Judaeus, Dio Cassius, and others — and sets out the complicated parade of plots, counter-plots, betrayals, and insurrections in a brisk and highly readable sequence. His main theme is how the conception of the Jewish nation as a divinely chosen race was planted as a political ambition among the exiled Jews. Bringing together old customs and stories, the idea was fired by the longing of the Babylonian Jews for their traditional homeland. Many of them grew prosperous outside Palestine, and their wealthy communities manipulated the wish for identity in the idea of an exclusive Judaism embodied as a political state and fighting for autonomy against local and imperial neighbors — more dream than fact. The author writes that “When the ‘new Judaism' came to be hammered out after the return from captivity, it was around these ancient customs and a historicized mythology that it was fashioned.” The religion was devised not, as popularly presented, by gift of the desert god Yahweh who had manifested himself in opposition to the Canaanite fertility god Baal but by reinterpreting the Sumerian idea of a life-giving god over many generations. For there was no fundamental opposition — the god-names originally meant the same. This second edition features a new introduction by James M. Donovan.

Author : Henriette Mertz
Publisher : Henriette Mertz
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : History
ISBN : PSU:000023091597

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Atlantis, Dwelling Place of the Gods by Henriette Mertz Pdf

Author : Charlie Trimm
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780884142379

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Fighting for the King and the Gods by Charlie Trimm Pdf

The most up-to-date sourcebook on warfare in the ancient Near East Fighting for the King and the Gods provides an introduction to the topic of war and the variety of texts concerning many aspects of warfare in the ancient Near East. These texts illustrate various viewpoints of war and show how warfare was an integral part of life. Trimm examines not only the victors and the famous battles, but also the hardship that war brought to many. While several of these texts treated here are well known (i.e., Ramses II's battle against the Hittites at Qadesh), others are known only to specialists. This work will allow a broader audience to access and appreciate these important texts as they relate to the history and ideology of warfare. Features References to recent secondary literature for further study Early Greek and Chinese illustrative texts for comparisons with other cultures Indices to help guide the reader