Mesopotamian civilization and the origins of the New Testament / Robin Baker, University of Winchester.
| Author/creator | Baker, Robin author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022. |
| Copyright Date | ©2022 |
| Description | li, 452 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The religious landscape of the Near East at the turn of the era -- Channels of transmission -- New Testament epistemology: a reappraisal -- Kingship models and the dying-rising king -- Ninurta, Nimrod, Abimelech and Christ: a case study of mediated influence -- Marduk, Ištar and Nabû, and New Testament christology -- Bloodlines, omens and festivals -- Conclusions on the New Testament's Mesopotamian legacy. |
| Abstract | "In late seventh-century Jerusalem, as Judah found itself perched precariously between allegiance to Egypt and a looming threat from Babylon, Yahweh's people took solace in the conviction that Yahweh's city was inviolable. Solomon's temple was the visible guarantee of their God's presence and protection. Whatever happened, they would be safe. Jeremiah came to the temple to fulminate against this belief: "Do not trust in deceptive words, 'This is Yahweh's temple, Yahweh's temple, Yahweh's temple!'" (Jer 7:4). In denouncing their confidence, Jeremiah uses the phrase hêkal YHWH "Yahweh's temple" three times. The repetition both caricatures an incantation and morbidly parodies the Trisagion of Isaiah's vision of Yahweh's hêkāl (Isa 6:1-3), the prophet who promised that Jerusalem would remain inviolate against the last acute threat of obliteration the nation faced from Mesopotamia. The triadic pattern is pregnant for the context; so too is the word hêkāl in light of what follows in Jeremiah"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: a Baker, Robin (Professor of Old Testament). Mesopotamian civilization and the origins of the New Testament Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2022 9781009106634 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2021053908 |
| ISBN | 9781009098946 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1009098942 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781009102018 paperback |
| ISBN | 100910201X paperback |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | electronic book |