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Before the God in this Place for Good Remembrance : A Comparative Analysis of the Aramaic Votive Inscriptions from Mount Gerizim / Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 441Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (181 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110301182
  • 9783110301878
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296.4/92 23
LOC classification:
  • BS1199.V67 G83 2013
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Votive Practice: A Methodological Framework -- 2. Votive Practice in Biblical Literature -- 3. The Votive Inscriptions from Mount Gerizim -- 4. Votive Inscriptions with a Version of a Remembrance Formula -- 5. Ritual and Remembrance in Biblical Literature -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Biblical References -- Index of Names and Subjects
Summary: This monograph is an investigation of Yahwistic votive practice during the Hellenistic period. The dedicatory inscriptions from the Yahweh temple on Mount Gerizim are analyzed in light of votive practice in Biblical literature and in general on the basis of a thorough terminological and theoretical discussion.A special focus is laid on remembrance formulae, which request the deity to remember the worshipper in return for a gift. These formulae cannot only be found at Gerizim, but also in other Semitic dedicatory inscriptions. Therefore these texts are interpreted in their broader cultural context, placed within a broad religious practice of dedicating gifts to the gods and leaving inscriptions in sanctuaries. Finally, the aspect of divine remembrance in the Hebrew Bible is explored and related to the materiality of the votive inscription.The research concludes that there is a perception of the divine behind this practice on Mount Gerizim that ties together the aspects of gift, remembrance and material presence. This ‘theology’ is echoed both in similar Semitic dedicatory inscriptions and in the Hebrew Bible.
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Votive Practice: A Methodological Framework -- 2. Votive Practice in Biblical Literature -- 3. The Votive Inscriptions from Mount Gerizim -- 4. Votive Inscriptions with a Version of a Remembrance Formula -- 5. Ritual and Remembrance in Biblical Literature -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Biblical References -- Index of Names and Subjects

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This monograph is an investigation of Yahwistic votive practice during the Hellenistic period. The dedicatory inscriptions from the Yahweh temple on Mount Gerizim are analyzed in light of votive practice in Biblical literature and in general on the basis of a thorough terminological and theoretical discussion.A special focus is laid on remembrance formulae, which request the deity to remember the worshipper in return for a gift. These formulae cannot only be found at Gerizim, but also in other Semitic dedicatory inscriptions. Therefore these texts are interpreted in their broader cultural context, placed within a broad religious practice of dedicating gifts to the gods and leaving inscriptions in sanctuaries. Finally, the aspect of divine remembrance in the Hebrew Bible is explored and related to the materiality of the votive inscription.The research concludes that there is a perception of the divine behind this practice on Mount Gerizim that ties together the aspects of gift, remembrance and material presence. This ‘theology’ is echoed both in similar Semitic dedicatory inscriptions and in the Hebrew Bible.

Issued also in print.

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In English.

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