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Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan
s/t: An Historical Analysis of Two Contrasting Faiths
The range of this scholarly volume is wider than the title suggests. Three of the five long chapters deal specifically with the religions of Canaan, Israel & Phoenecia. The 1st two, however, are concerned respectively with the early poetry of Israel, to which the author accredits a much greater antiquity than has commonly been assigned to it, & with the patriarchal element in the development of the Hebraic people. Throughout the discussion of these topics, the author brings to bear an erudition that ranges widely over many related topics. The effect is to give the reader a comprehension of many aspects of the whole historical & cultural developments that took place in the Middle East from a time at least as far back as the 5th millenium. Albright, one of the foremost contemporary Old Testament scholars, makes considerable use of recent archeological discoveries to offer revision of theories & points of view current up until the past quarter century. Originally delivered as the Jordan Lectures for 1965 at the University of London, this volume will be of great interest to scholars, but is hardly accessible to less competent readers.--Kirkus
The range of this scholarly volume is wider than the title suggests. Three of the five long chapters deal specifically with the religions of Canaan, Israel & Phoenecia. The 1st two, however, are concerned respectively with the early poetry of Israel, to which the author accredits a much greater antiquity than has commonly been assigned to it, & with the patriarchal element in the development of the Hebraic people. Throughout the discussion of these topics, the author brings to bear an erudition that ranges widely over many related topics. The effect is to give the reader a comprehension of many aspects of the whole historical & cultural developments that took place in the Middle East from a time at least as far back as the 5th millenium. Albright, one of the foremost contemporary Old Testament scholars, makes considerable use of recent archeological discoveries to offer revision of theories & points of view current up until the past quarter century. Originally delivered as the Jordan Lectures for 1965 at the University of London, this volume will be of great interest to scholars, but is hardly accessible to less competent readers.--Kirkus
250 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1968
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August 15, 2018
No doubt some of it is out of date. Clearly, he didn't believe in the inerrancy or infallibility of the Bible, but, his work did give a great deal of support to the historical accuracy of the Masoretic text.
January 5, 2014
Delivered originally as a lecture in 1965 and only published three years later, this constitutes a general introduction to the religions of the Levant leading up through the Hebrew penetration of Palestine. Although by a noted scholar and delivered to an academic audience, it is accessible to anyone familiar with the Hebrew scriptures.
May 23, 2022
A new Vatican document, that reprohibbiden Tetragrammaton's voiceing, Albright's this book think to the first vocalizetuire JHWH with modern pronuntiation, but in St. Clement of Alexandria's Stromata use the IAOUE / IABE readings, and Delitzsch' Babel und Bibel used in the 19th century the Jahweh-pronuntiation...
The Patriarchs Halacha was the Mari/Eblaite matrinomy (later the Islam have similer...)
The Hebrew Bible have manny-manny Shumerian, Akkadian... Ugarithian... Assyrian and Babylonian reminiscenties. The most old origine (Shumerian) is Moses these words (in the translation of Tamas Ray z"l, Neologian Chief Rabbi of Budapest for Exod. 32:18.): "Nem rabszolgák nyögését, sem seregek csatakiáltását nem hallom, hanem Anath |mámoros| hangját hallom én!"
In the Exod. 15. chap.: The Song of Moses and Maryam about the Transit throu the Yam Suff ("Erythra") Albright willed "Plesheth"/"Palestina"/"Philistea" banalism: the ordinary text was "kol-Sheth[u]", "all Seth" (e.i. nations).
The Patriarchs Halacha was the Mari/Eblaite matrinomy (later the Islam have similer...)
The Hebrew Bible have manny-manny Shumerian, Akkadian... Ugarithian... Assyrian and Babylonian reminiscenties. The most old origine (Shumerian) is Moses these words (in the translation of Tamas Ray z"l, Neologian Chief Rabbi of Budapest for Exod. 32:18.): "Nem rabszolgák nyögését, sem seregek csatakiáltását nem hallom, hanem Anath |mámoros| hangját hallom én!"
In the Exod. 15. chap.: The Song of Moses and Maryam about the Transit throu the Yam Suff ("Erythra") Albright willed "Plesheth"/"Palestina"/"Philistea" banalism: the ordinary text was "kol-Sheth[u]", "all Seth" (e.i. nations).
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