King Manasseh And Child Sacrifice

Author : Francesca Stavrakopoulou
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110899641

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King Manasseh and Child Sacrifice by Francesca Stavrakopoulou Pdf

The Hebrew Bible portrays King Manasseh and child sacrifice as the most reprehensible person and the most objectionable practice within the story of 'Israel'. This monograph suggests that historically, neither were as deviant as the Hebrew Bible appears to insist. Through careful historical reconstruction, it is argued that Manasseh was one of Judah's most successful monarchs, and child sacrifice played a central role in ancient Judahite religious practice. The biblical writers, motivated by ideological concerns, have thus deliberately distorted the truth about Manasseh and child sacrifice.

Author : Francesca Stavrakopoulou
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Bible
ISBN : OCLC:52792037

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Biblical Distortions of Historical Realities by Francesca Stavrakopoulou Pdf

Author : Heath D. Dewrell
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781646022014

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Child Sacrifice in Ancient Israel by Heath D. Dewrell Pdf

Among the many religious acts condemned in the Hebrew Bible, child sacrifice stands out as particularly horrifying. The idea that any group of people would willingly sacrifice their own children to their god(s) is so contrary to modern moral sensibilities that it is difficult to imagine that such a practice could have ever existed. Nonetheless, the existence of biblical condemnation of these rites attests to the fact that some ancient Israelites in fact did sacrifice their children. Indeed, a close reading of the evidence—biblical, archaeological, epigraphic, etc.—indicates that there are at least three different types of Israelite child sacrifice, each with its own history, purpose, and function. In addition to examining the historical reality of Israelite child sacrifice, Dewrell’s study also explores the biblical rhetoric condemning the practice. While nearly every tradition preserved in the Hebrew Bible rejects child sacrifice as abominable to Yahweh, the rhetorical strategies employed by the biblical writers vary to a surprising degree. Thus, even in arguing against the practice of child sacrifice, the biblical writers themselves often disagreed concerning why Yahweh condemned the rites and why they came to exist in the first place.

Author : Mesu Andrews
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735291898

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Isaiah's Legacy by Mesu Andrews Pdf

The drama of the Old Testament comes to life as Judah's most notorious king ascends to the throne in this gripping novel from the award-winning author of Isaiah's Daughter. At eight years old, Shulle has known only life in a small village with her loving but peculiar father. When Uncle Shebna offers shelter in Jerusalem in exchange for Shulle's help tutoring King Manasseh, Judah's five-year-old co-regent who displays the same peculiarities as her father, she's eager to experience the royal court. But Shulle soon realizes the limits of her father's strict adherence to Yahweh's Law when Uncle Shebna teaches her of the starry hosts and their power. Convinced Judah must be freed from Yahweh's chains, she begins the subtle swaying of young Manasseh, using her charm and skills on the boy no one else understands. When King Hezekiah dies, twelve-year-old Manasseh is thrust onto Judah's throne, bitter at Yahweh and eager to marry the girl he adores. Assyria's crown prince favors Manasseh and twists his brilliant mind toward cruelty, beginning Shulle's long and harrowing journey to discover the Yahweh she'd never known, guided with loving wisdom by Manasseh's mother: Isaiah's daughter, the heartbroken Hephzibah. Amid Judah's dark days, a desperate remnant emerges, claiming the Lord's promise, "Though we're helpless now, we're never hopeless--because we serve El Shaddai." Shulle is among them, a girl who becomes a queen through Isaiah's legacy.

Author : Arie Versluis
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004341319

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The Command to Exterminate the Canaanites: Deuteronomy 7 by Arie Versluis Pdf

In The Command to Exterminate the Canaanites: Deuteronomy 7, Arie Versluis analyzes the content and background of the Old Testament command to exterminate the nations of Canaan and discusses the moral and theological questions it evokes.

Author : John Day
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521364744

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Molech by John Day Pdf

This book explores who Molech was in the Old Testament.

Author : Klaus-Peter Adam,Mark Leuchter
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451412635

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Soundings in Kings by Klaus-Peter Adam,Mark Leuchter Pdf

In Soundings in Kings, international scholars examin 1 and 2 Kings as an independent work, identifying new methods and models for envisioning the social location of the authors (or redactors) of Kings, the nature of the intended audience or audiences, and the political and rhetorical implications of its construction. Soundings in Kings demonstrates the role of Kings as a cornerstone work within the Hebrew Bible, a crossroads between prophecy, poetry, wisdom, ancestral and national narrative, and ritual instruction.

Author : Karin Finsterbusch,Armin Lange
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047409403

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Human Sacrifice in Jewish and Christian Tradition by Karin Finsterbusch,Armin Lange Pdf

The present volume asks to which extent ancient practices and traditions of human sacrifice are reflected in medieval and modern Judeo-Christian times and also includes contributions concerned with the Ancient Near East and Ancient Greece.

Author : T. M. Lemos
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191087448

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Violence and Personhood in Ancient Israel and Comparative Contexts by T. M. Lemos Pdf

Violence and Personhood in Ancient Israel and Comparative Contexts is the first book-length work on personhood in ancient Israel. T. M. Lemos reveals widespread intersections between violence and personhood in both this society and the wider region. Relations of domination and subordination were incredibly important to the culture and social organization of ancient Israel often resulting in these relations becoming determined by the boundaries of personhood itself. Personhood was malleable—it could be and was violently erased in many social contexts. This study exposes a violence-personhood-masculinity nexus in which domination allowed those in control to animalize and brutalize the bodies of subordinates. Lemos argues that in particular social contexts in the contemporary "western" world, this same nexus operates, holding devastating consequences for particular social groups.

Author : Lynn Austin
Publisher : Bethany House
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1441203001

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Faith of My Fathers (Chronicles of the Kings Book #4) by Lynn Austin Pdf

Memorable Bible-Era Fiction From Award-Winning Author King Manaseh and his friend Joshua were nurtured together in the faith of their godly fathers. but anger toward God smolders in Manasseh's heart after his father's unexpected death, and his insecurity makes him easy prey for the false claims of sorcery and divination. When Joshua stands up for the truth, the battle lines are drawn, and Joshua must flee his life of privilege. Unable to understand why his boyhood friend has turned against him, and why he must stand alone in the face of such opposition, Joshua comes perilously close to losing his faith. Can Joshua rescue the faithful remnant from Manasseh's persecution? Has it all gone too far..or will he rediscover his father's God? Faith of My Fathers is a riveting story of intrigue, deception, danger, and suspense.

Author : Lidia D. Matassa,Jason M. Silverman
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608999422

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Text, Theology, and Trowel by Lidia D. Matassa,Jason M. Silverman Pdf

Text, Theology, and Trowel consists of ten essays on the understanding and reception of the Hebrew Bible in Judaism and Christianity. Textual exegesis, historical contexts, and modern reception of the Hebrew text are placed side by side to encourage interdisciplinary study. Two theologically minded essays are included to help overcome the biblical studies/theology dichotomy. By placing such divergent approaches together, this volume will help expand ways of thinking about the Bible and its cognate fields.

Author : Ilan Stavans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-17
Category : Hispanic Americans
ISBN : 0199913706

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Oxford Bibliographies by Ilan Stavans Pdf

"An emerging field of study that explores the Hispanic minority in the United States, Latino Studies is enriched by an interdisciplinary perspective. Historians, sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, demographers, linguists, as well as religion, ethnicity, and culture scholars, among others, bring a varied, multifaceted approach to the understanding of a people whose roots are all over the Americas and whose permanent home is north of the Rio Grande. Oxford Bibliographies in Latino Studies offers an authoritative, trustworthy, and up-to-date intellectual map to this ever-changing discipline."--Editorial page.

Author : Alison L. Joseph
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451469585

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Portrait of the Kings by Alison L. Joseph Pdf

Much of the scholarship on the book of Kings has focused on questions of the historicity of the events described. Alison L. Joseph turns her attention instead to the literary characterization of Israel’s kings. By examining the narrative techniques used in the Deuteronomistic History to portray Israel’s kings, Joseph shows that the Deuteronomist in the days of the Josianic Reform constructed David as a model of adherence to the covenant, and Jeroboam, conversely, as the ideal opposite of David. The redactor further characterized other kings along one or the other of these two models. The resulting narrative functions didactically, as if instructing kings and the people of Judah regarding the consequences of disobedience. Attention to characterization through prototype also allows Joseph to identify differences between pre-exilic and exilic redactions in the Deuteronomistic History, bolstering and also revising the view advanced by Frank Moore Cross. The result is a deepened understanding of the worldview and theology of the Deuteronomistic historians.

Author : George H. van Kooten,Jacques van Ruiten
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004411500

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Intolerance, Polemics, and Debate in Antiquity by George H. van Kooten,Jacques van Ruiten Pdf

In Intolerance, Polemics, and Debate in Antiquity politico-cultural, philosophical, and religious forms of critical conversation in the ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, Graeco-Roman, and early-Islamic world are discussed. The contributions enquire into the boundaries between debate, polemics, and intolerance, and address their manifestations in both philosophy and religion.

Author : Daniel J. D. Stulac
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781108843744

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Life, Land, and Elijah in the Book of Kings by Daniel J. D. Stulac Pdf

Using a canonical-agrarian approach, Stulac demonstrates the rhetorical and theological contribution of the Elijah narratives to the Book of Kings.