Waters jaime l (4 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Modern western culture seems to find angels, demons, and even dragons irresistible. They are the topic of many books, films, and television series; however, so many of the depictions of these beings are from the reality attested to in the Bible. In seven clearly written chapters the authors provide a compelling explanation of what the Bible does (and does not) say about the reality of angels and demons.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextRevision of the author s dissertation, Johns Hopkins University, 2013 under the title Threshing floors as sacred spaces in the Hebrew Bible.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Vital to an agrarian communitys survival, threshing floors are agricultural spaces where crops are threshed and winnowed. But the Hebrew Bible rarely refers to such agricultural activities taking place at such sites. Instead, biblical narratives repeatedly depict threshing floors in ancient Israel as sites for mourning rites, divination rituals, cultic processions, and sacrifices. Kings consult prophets there; even the Solomonic temple was built on a threshing floor.Jaime L. Waters shows that these originally agricultural sites were also considered sacred spaces connected to Yahweh, under his control, and subject to his power to bless, curse, and save and that Israel had a special ritual access to Yahweh in these powerfully symbolic sites. Waters also examines the various personnel active in the use and operation of threshing floors in these sacred functions in order to draw a more complete picture of ancient Israelite social life. An addendum discusses relevant material for comparison from Ugarit.…