0025224 - OÚ 2006 RIV CZ eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Břeňová, Klára
The Reminiscences of the deities of Death in the Old Testament.
[Ohlasy božstev smrti a podsvětí ve Starém zákoně.]
Archiv orientální: Quarterly Journal of African and Asian Studies. Roč. 70, No.4 (2002), s. 481-488. ISSN 0044-8699
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z9021901
Klíčová slova: deities of death and underworld
Kód oboru RIV: AA - Filosofie a náboženství

The Reminiscences of the Deities of Death in the Old Testament: The literature of the Near East provides us with abundant comparative material which we use in the study of the religion of ancient Israel. This is especially the case with mythological imagery connected with death and underworld. The Canaanite Mot is discernable in Biblical verses Hab 2, 5; Prov 27, 20 and Num 16 referring to death as an insatiable monster prepared to swallow its victims. Ps 118,5; Prov 13, 14 and 14,27 portrays death as a hunter, equipped with nets and snares, coming unpredictably. The Mesopotamian demon Lamaštu should be probably recognized behind the verses describing Death climbing through the windows, entering the fortress and cutting the children in Jer 9, 20. There are also many Biblical allusions to Resheph, Molek and Rephaim
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0115635