maklelan Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 I'm doing a great deal of research on the divine council and divine plurality in early Israelite religion, and I stumbled across an interesting book that concludes, among other things, "Bethel was a legitimate Yahwistic shrine and continued to be so even after the fall of the Northern Kingdom of Israel to the Assyrians." Archaeology confirms an Israelite temple at Arad, and evidence exists that the phrase "Before the Lord" in the Hebrew Bible is a technical term referencing temple rituals, which would point to quite a few temples in ancient Israel, but Bethel is the most explicitly referenced Israelite temple outside of Jerusalem (1 Sam 10:3).I don't want to pay $118 for a non-reference book, but this looks pretty good. You can get a preview of it here.
Joseph Antley Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 Yahwistic. If it weren't so sacrilegious...This book looks extremely interesting, but like you I'm not ready to fork over that much dough.
Ron Beron Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 I'm doing a great deal of research on the divine council and divine plurality in early Israelite religion, and I stumbled across an interesting book that concludes, among other things, "Bethel was a legitimate Yahwistic shrine and continued to be so even after the fall of the Northern Kingdom of Israel to the Assyrians." Archaeology confirms an Israelite temple at Arad, and evidence exists that the phrase "Before the Lord" in the Hebrew Bible is a technical term referencing temple rituals, which would point to quite a few temples in ancient Israel, but Bethel is the most explicitly referenced Israelite temple outside of Jerusalem (1 Sam 10:3).I don't want to pay $118 for a non-reference book, but this looks pretty good. You can get a preview of it here.Get it Intra-library loan and photo-copy a portion of it.
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