The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Texts

Rosie Perera
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Mark S. Smith
Oxford University Press, 2003
978-0195167689
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0195167686

According to the Bible, ancient Israel's neighbors worshipped a wide variety of gods. In recent years, scholars have sought a better understanding of this early polytheistic milieu and its relation to Yahweh, the God of Israel. Drawing on ancient Ugaritic texts and looking closely at Ugaritic deities, Mark Smith examines the meaning of "divinity" in the ancient near East and considers how this concept applies to Yahweh.
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  • Armando Javier Arteaga Unigarro
    Armando Javier Arteaga Unigarro Member Posts: 56 ✭✭✭

    Please, add this one, and all the material from Mark S. Smith you can get. Also consider adding more material on the Ancient Near East in general.

    Dad gracias al Señor porque es bueno, porque es eterna su misericordia. Music

  • DMB
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    I have this in Kindle from 7 years ago; quite good (as all the Smith volumes). I'm not sure who's at fault, but he lists the 4 common features of ancient gods: strength/size, body/gender, holiness, and immorality.

    That last one caught me (an accusation of the greek gods). But it was a typo … 'immortality'.

    "If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.

  • Jeremy Gunter
    Jeremy Gunter Member Posts: 166 ✭✭✭
    edited January 1

    Funny, I was actually writing a paper for my final in a textual criticism class for the end of this semester and found myself wishing this book were in Logos instead of having to do research the old-school way…

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  • Armando Javier Arteaga Unigarro
    Armando Javier Arteaga Unigarro Member Posts: 56 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1351383#Comment_1351383

    And now they are adding more and more material from Oxford University Press, it might be the perfect time for this!! (Also hoping for other material by Smith and scholars in the same fields of expertise, as I mentioned before.)

    Dad gracias al Señor porque es bueno, porque es eterna su misericordia. Music

  • Jeremy Gunter
    Jeremy Gunter Member Posts: 166 ✭✭✭

    Attn: @Rick Mansfield (Logos)

  • DMB
    DMB Member Posts: 14,652 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 25

    It's interesting Logos is still missing this volume, since the author is heavily discussing Ugarit connectivity … to which he's one of the authors and for which (happily) are included in Logos (Baal Cycle, etc).

    "If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.

  • Rick Mansfield (Logos)
    Rick Mansfield (Logos) Member, Community Manager, Logos Employee Posts: 467

    We will request a license. Keep in mind that with this publisher, the process can take a bit longer than usual.

    Senior Publisher Relations Specialist • Logos Bible Software • Rick.Mansfield@logos.com

  • DMB
    DMB Member Posts: 14,652 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thank you, Rick

    "If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.

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