YAHWEH AND THE GODS AND GODDESSES OF CANAAN -

John Day

CONTINUUM PUBLISHING

2001

288 páginas

9h 36m

ISBN-13: 9780826468307

This masterly book is the climax of over twenty-five years of study of the impact of Canaanite religion and mythology on ancient Israel and the Old Testament. It is John Day's magnum opus in which he sets forth all his main arguments and conclusions on the subject. The work considers in detail the relationship between Yahweh and the various gods and goddesses of Canaan, including the leading gods El and Baal, the great goddesses (Asherah, Astarte and Anat), astral deities (Sun, Moon and Lucifer), and underworld deities (Mot, Resheph, Molech and the Rephaim). Day assesses both what Yahwism assimilated from these deities and what it came to reject. More generally he discusses the impact of Canaanite polytheism on ancient Israel and how monotheism was eventually achieved.

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A obra "Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan", escrita por "John Day", examina as conexões históricas e mitológicas entre o Deus de Israel e o panteão cananeu. O autor argumenta que "Yahweh e El" eram originalmente divindades distintas que acabaram se fundindo, com Yahweh absorvendo características de "El", como a sabedoria e a senioridade. O texto destaca que, enquanto a Bíblia rejeita veementemente o deus "Baal", ela aceita a identificação de Yahweh com El de forma harmoniosa. Day investiga as "origens geográficas" de Yahweh fora de Canaã e analisa como epítetos e imagens de deuses regionais influenciaram a representação bíblica do divino. Por fim, o livro detalha como a religião de Israel evoluiu a partir desse contexto cultural para o "monoteísmo".