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Daily Archives: January 29, 2010
YHWH and His Asherah, Genesis 12 and 20 and the Reader, Samaritan Priest-Line
1. In Ancient Israelite Religion, I read P. Kyle McCarter’s “Aspects of the Religion of the Israelite Monarchy: Biblical and Epigraphic Data.” Kuntillet ‘Arjud is located in the Sinai region and was under the control of Judah during the eighth … Continue reading
Sheol
I blogged more than once this week about the Hebrew Bible’s conceptions of the afterlife: see Rephaim, Undeceptive Deception, Suffering and The Dead, and the Rising. My assumption was that all of the dead went to the Underworld, known in the … Continue reading
The Conquest, Asserting and Denying the Bible with the Same Act, Pharisaic Hebrew Bible
1. In Ancient Israelite Religion, I read William Dever’s “The Contribution of Archaeology to the Study of Canaanite and Early Israelite Religion.” The following statement stood out to me (page 236): It must be stressed that in light of archaeology … Continue reading