The Myth of Cosmic Rebellion: A Study of Its Reflexes in Ugaritic and Biblical Literature (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004105638)

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The Myth of Cosmic Rebellion: A Study of Its Reflexes in Ugaritic and Biblical Literature

$256.00

The Myth of Cosmic Rebellion: A Study of Its Reflexes in Ugaritic and Biblical Literature

$256.00
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: Hugh Page Jr
ISBN-10: 9004105638
ISBN-13: 9789004105638
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 06/02/1996
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.64h x 6.46w x 0.82d
By Hugh Page Jr
By Hugh Page Jr
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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).

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