...The Canaanite backgrounds of the Psalms emerged as an important topic of biblical research after the 1930s following the discovery of texts at the site of Late Bronze Age Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra) in Syria. Scholars have identified many similarities between the Ugaritic texts and the Hebrew Bible...

...This article focuses on the figure of Tamar the Canaanite, who entered Judah's household as the young bride of his eldest son Er and later became a victim of circumstances when younger sons failed to fulfill the terms of levirate marriage/yibbum. Struggling valiantly against...

... chapters before going on to address various issues in discussing monotheism and polytheism, problems with the use of the term “Canaanite” (which is used widely in scholarly studies but largely avoided in this book as it is thought to be misleading), and the cautions that are needed when considering highly...

... Duggan C biblical interpretation feminism womanist marriage metaphor female sexual imagery Canaanite fertility cult sacred prostitution Hosea Gomer An essay on feminist and womanist interpretation of the book of Hosea involves several expectations and assumptions. One assumption...

... Eastern Contexts . Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature. Faraone, C. A. , B. Garnand , and C. López-Ruiz . 2005 . “Micah’s Mother (Judg. 17:1–4) and a Curse from Carthage (KAI 89): Canaanite Precedents for Greek and Latin Curses against Thieves...

...0 12 07 2018 Aegeans Boeotian pit Canaanite garments Fayum region Great Canal Henuttaneb Kahun Levantine balance weights Manchester Museum Gurob is located at the entrance to the Fayum region ( Fig. 1 ) and, during the Late Bronze Age–Early Iron Age, was hydrographically connected...

... turning to stories of several notable women, comparing, when possible, the differing reports of their presence in the different Synoptic Gospels. Among those treated here are the Syrophoenician or Canaanite woman; the woman who anoints Jesus; the woman with the flow of blood and Jairus’s daughter; Mary...

... Phoenicia in the Bible, those glimpses would prove to be valuable in light of the general scarcity—especially in earlier periods—of information on the Phoenicians. Canaanites Homer Jordan River valley Esarhaddon Esharhaddon Genesis Hebrew Bible Sidon Sayda Saida Tiglath pileser III Arwad Arvad Aradus...

.... 2) and the Syrophoenician/Canaanite woman (Mark 7:24–30; Matt. 15:21–28). Finally, cosmes the challenge, recognizing that hermeneutical choices have consequences. Whose view is to be accepted? Cui bono: for whose good? For reading biblical women does matter, even as the matters...

... in the Hebrew Bible as if they are “merely” “foreign” or “Canaanite” elements. Assyria Babylon Conflict motif topos Delegitimating function in biblical narrative Draconic figures Elephantine Hierarchical relationships in Judah Kingship in Mari Letter A 1968 Sea deities Taxonomic classification system...

...The mortal enemies of Israel become schematized in Rabbinic Judaism into two paradigmatic entities: the seven Canaanite nations and the Amalekites, both of which disappeared from history. The Amalekites, although destroyed physically, live on as a metaphor for both the external and internal evil...

...; Canaanite syncretism in the religion of Israel; divination and the cult of the dead; the Deuteronomic movement Josiah's reform and covenant theology; monotheism and the prohibition of images; cultic law; natural theology; universalism and exclusivism; and the apocalyptic movement. Bibliography Albertz...

... John Paul II World Day of the Sick Pope John Paul II Community Life theology of protecting Catholic institutions medicine health care Canaanite theology formation Jesus reductionism holiness Creed religious sisters prominently displayed in the atrium of Loyola University...