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dc.contributor.advisor | Human, Dirk J. | |
dc.contributor.coadvisor | Meyer, Esias E. | |
dc.contributor.postgraduate | Sitali, Abel S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-26T09:08:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-26T09:08:44Z | |
dc.date.created | 2018-09-06 | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.description | Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2018. | en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract | Monotheism and its development in Israelite religion is a topic that continues to invite scholarly engagement. Some of the key talking points around it involve whether or not it was developed before or after the exilic period. At the same time, and irrespective of when it was introduced into Israelite religion, the circumstances that facilitated its development have never been acknowledged with unanimity. The purpose of the present study is two-fold: first, it seeks to prove that pre-exilic Israelite religion was as syncretistic as any other ancient Near Eastern tradition, and that exclusive monotheism only became a reality in Persian period Yehud. Secondly, the study is also intended to authenticate the hypothesis that in the wake of the development of monotheism in Yehud, all deities other than Yahweh were demoted to the status of מלאכים, messengers (angels) leaving Yahweh as the only legitimate God. | en_ZA |
dc.description.availability | Unrestricted | en_ZA |
dc.description.degree | PhD | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Old Testament Studies | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | Old Testament Department - University of Pretoria | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Sitali, AS 2018, Monotheism and Angelology in Persian Period Yehud, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/66647> | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.other | S2018 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/66647 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | University of Pretoria | |
dc.rights | © 2018 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. | |
dc.subject | Monotheism | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Syncretism | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Redaction | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Angelology | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Yehud | en_ZA |
dc.subject | UCTD | |
dc.title | Monotheism and Angelology in Persian Period Yehud | en_ZA |
dc.type | Thesis | en_ZA |