How were male and female deities understood in ancient Canaan and Israel? How was the Yahweh cult affected by religious and political features of Egypt, Assyria, and Canaan? Justifying the use of symbols and visual remains to investigate ancient religion, the authors reconstruct the emergence and development of the Yahweh cult in relation to its immediate neighbors and competitors.

Gods, Goddesses, and Images of God

Politics & Social Sciences

Keel, Othmar

Social Sciences

T&T Clark

How were male and female deities understood in ancient Canaan and Israel? How was the Yahweh cult affected by religious and political features of Egypt, Assyria, and Canaan? Justifying the use of symbols and visual remains to investigate ancient religion, the authors reconstruct the emergence and development of the Yahweh cult in relation to its immediate neighbors and competitors.

Gods, Goddesses, and Images of God in Ancient Israel

History

Ancient Civilizations

Fortress Press

In addition to a comprehensive introduction and an analysis of text and form, Othmar Keel focuses on the metaphorical and symbolic language of the Song of Songs. He makes full use of parallels-textual and iconographic-from Palestine, Egypt, and Mesopotamia. More than 160 illustrations, prepared by Hildi Keel-Leu, add to the interpretation of the songs.

The Song of Songs [Song of Solomon] (Continental Commentary Series)

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

This pioneering work that first appeared in 1972 in German was the first to compare the conceptual world of a biblical book with ancient Near Eastern iconography. Eisenbrauns' English edition of Keel's classic work provides the 21st century scholar with his groundbreaking methodology. Generously illustrated with photographs and line drawings.

The Symbolism of the Biblical World: Ancient Near Eastern Iconography and the Book of Psalms

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Seabury Press

Jerusalem, with its turbulent history, is without doubt one of the best-known cities of the world. A long line of foreign powers have ruled over it, from as far back as biblical times. But the city owes its importance not to them but to the fact that it is the birthplace of the monotheistic currents that shape Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Othmar Keel sketches in broad brush strokes the historical development of Israelite-Jewish monotheism in and around Jerusalem, arguing that monotheism is "a product of the city, not of the desert," and describes its integration of polytheistic symbols and perceptions into its worldview. Keel relies on biblical and extrabiblical texts as well as the rich iconographic evidence of archaeological discoveries. Abundant maps and sketches of archaeological artifacts enhance his argument.

Jerusalem and the One God: A Religious History

This pioneering work that first appeared in 1972 in German was the first to compare the conceptual world of a biblical book with ancient Near Eastern iconography. Eisenbrauns’ English edition of Keel’s classic work provides the 21st century scholar with his groundbreaking methodology. Generously illustrated with photographs and line drawings.

Eisenbrauns

Othmar Keel has become well known as the author of masterly studies on the iconography and texts of the ANE and their relationship to the text of the Hebrew Bible. In this volume, he partners with Silvia Schroer to assemble ANE texts and art that bears on the idea of creation. The result is a convenient assemblage of texts and iconographical data that may be studied in concert, often leading to being able to see old texts in new ways. As with much of this Swiss scholar’s work, this new volume will prove to be a resource for all who wish to study the biblical theology of creation against its wider background.

Creation: Biblical Theologies in the Context of the Ancient Near East

Schröer, Silvia

Dieu répond à Job

CERF

Othmar Keel, Dr. theol., geboren 1937, war bis zu seiner Emeritierung 2002 ordentlicher Professor fur Altes Testament und Biblische Umwelt an der Universitat Freiburg/Schweiz.

Das Hohe Lied (Zurcher Bibelkommentare. Altes Testament) (German Edition)

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Theologischer Verlag Zurich Ag Tvz

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Gods, Goddesses, and Images of God

Gods, Goddesses, and Images of God in Ancient Israel

The Song of Songs [Song of Solomon] (Continental Commentary Series)

The Symbolism of the Biblical World: Ancient Near Eastern Iconography and the Book of Psalms

Jerusalem and the One God: A Religious History

The Symbolism of the Biblical World: Ancient Near Eastern Iconography and the Book of Psalms

Creation: Biblical Theologies in the Context of the Ancient Near East

The Symbolism of the Biblical World: Ancient Near Eastern Iconography and the Book of Psalms

Dieu répond à Job

Das Hohe Lied (Zurcher Bibelkommentare. Altes Testament) (German Edition)