Monotheism and Angelology in Persian Period Yehud

dc.contributor.advisorHuman, Dirk J.
dc.contributor.coadvisorMeyer, Esias E.
dc.contributor.emailsitali07@gmail.comen_ZA
dc.contributor.postgraduateSitali, Abel S.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-26T09:08:44Z
dc.date.available2018-09-26T09:08:44Z
dc.date.created2018-09-06
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionThesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2018.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractMonotheism 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.availabilityUnrestricteden_ZA
dc.description.degreePhDen_ZA
dc.description.departmentOld Testament Studiesen_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipOld Testament Department - University of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSitali, 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.otherS2018en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/66647
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity 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.subjectMonotheismen_ZA
dc.subjectSyncretismen_ZA
dc.subjectRedactionen_ZA
dc.subjectAngelologyen_ZA
dc.subjectYehuden_ZA
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.subjectIsraelite religion
dc.subjectYahweh worship
dc.subject.otherTheology theses SDG-04
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality education
dc.subject.otherTheology theses SDG-10
dc.subject.otherSDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.subject.otherTheology theses SDG-16
dc.subject.otherSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.titleMonotheism and Angelology in Persian Period Yehuden_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA

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