leshakken shemo sham in the Bible and the Ancient Near East
Verlag:
DE GRUYTER
Erschienen:
14.05.2014
Seitenanzahl:
258
EAN:
9783110899351
Sprache:
Englisch
Format:
PDF
Schutz:
Adobe-DRM
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The Deuteronomistic History and the Name Theology
Sandra L. Richter
<p>This monograph is a comparative, socio-linguistic reassessment of the Deuteronomic idiom, <i>leshakken shemo sham</i>, and its synonymous biblical reflexes in the Deuteronomistic History, <i>lashum shemo sham</i>, and <i>lihyot shemo sham</i>. These particular formulae have long been understood as evidence of the Name Theology - the evolution in Israelite religion toward a more abstracted mode of divine presence in the temple. Utilizing epigraphic material gathered from Mesopotamian and Levantine contexts, this study demonstrates that <i>leshakken shemo sham</i> and <i>lashum shemo sham</i> are loan-adaptations of Akkadian <i>shuma shakanu</i>, an idiom common to the royal monumental tradition of Mesopotamia. The resulting retranslation and reinterpretation of the biblical idiom profoundly impacts the classic formulation of the Name Theology.</p>
