I semi del Verbo nel pluralismo religioso, teologico e filosofico. Atti del XVII corso dei Simposi rosminiani. 23-26 agosto 2016 (pp.163-179), Edizioni Rosminiane Stresa. ISBN: 9788883871023, 2017
The image of a homogeneous and unified religion in all Israel is the result of a deliberate reduc... more The image of a homogeneous and unified religion in all Israel is the result of a deliberate reductio ad unum which probably took place only after the canonization of the Torah. In the monarchic period, a widely pluralistic religiosity must have been practiced in Israel and Judah.
Through archaeology and the study of epigraphic sources I will try to demonstrate that during the First Temple period at least two types of religious pluralism were present in the ancient Israelite religion:
1) A religious pluralism that can be defined as "external" to the believers, that is, that concerns the object of faith, and which is evident from the existence of a plurality of deities and of celestial beings.
2) A religious pluralism that can be defined as "internal", that is, that concerns the believers themselves, and which is evident from the existence of a plurality of believing communities within the territory of ancient Israel and Judah.
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I deem it necessary to put the biblical data in the wider cultural context of the ANE royal ideology in order to come as close as possible to the real figure of the king during the monarchical age in Israel and Judah.
The first two short paragraphs sum up the ideological foundations of the close connection between kingship and divinity, and give a short description of how the ideal king could perform his task of divine intermediary.
In the main paragraph of this study five different domains of the divine intermediary are presented according to selected biblical and extra-biblical texts: the priest-king, mediator of the divine blessing to the people; the temple builder king, mediator of the divine presence among his people; the just king, mediator of the divine justice; the king as shepherd, mediator of the divine prosperity; the wise king, mediator of the divine knowledge.
Through archaeology and the study of epigraphic sources I will try to demonstrate that during the First Temple period at least two types of religious pluralism were present in the ancient Israelite religion:
1) A religious pluralism that can be defined as "external" to the believers, that is, that concerns the object of faith, and which is evident from the existence of a plurality of deities and of celestial beings.
2) A religious pluralism that can be defined as "internal", that is, that concerns the believers themselves, and which is evident from the existence of a plurality of believing communities within the territory of ancient Israel and Judah.
Prefazione, di Paolo Merlo
1. Bibbia ebraica e Antico Testamento cristiano, di Bruno Ognibeni
2. Il testo dell’Antico Testamento ebraico e i suoi testimoni, di Paolo Merlo
3. Storia di Israele e Giuda, di Paolo Merlo
4. La religione di Israele e Giuda fino all’esilio babilonese, di Paolo Merlo
5. La religione di Giuda dall’età persiana alla distruzione del Secondo Tempio, di Corrado Martone
6. Il Pentateuco, di Federico Giuntoli
7. La storia deuteronomistica e cronistica, di Claudio Balzaretti
8. I libri sapienziali, di Marcello Milani
9. I libri profetici, di Giovanni Rizzi
10. I Salmi, di Stanislaw Bazylinski
11. Narrativa e storiografia giudaica in epoca ellenistica, di Marco Zappella
12. Il libro di Daniele e l’apocalittica ebraica antica, di Piero Capelli
Bibliografia"
I deem it necessary to put the biblical data in the wider cultural context of the ANE royal ideology in order to come as close as possible to the real figure of the king during the monarchical age in Israel and Judah.
The first two short paragraphs sum up the ideological foundations of the close connection between kingship and divinity, and give a short description of how the ideal king could perform his task of divine intermediary.
In the main paragraph of this study five different domains of the divine intermediary are presented according to selected biblical and extra-biblical texts: the priest-king, mediator of the divine blessing to the people; the temple builder king, mediator of the divine presence among his people; the just king, mediator of the divine justice; the king as shepherd, mediator of the divine prosperity; the wise king, mediator of the divine knowledge.
Through archaeology and the study of epigraphic sources I will try to demonstrate that during the First Temple period at least two types of religious pluralism were present in the ancient Israelite religion:
1) A religious pluralism that can be defined as "external" to the believers, that is, that concerns the object of faith, and which is evident from the existence of a plurality of deities and of celestial beings.
2) A religious pluralism that can be defined as "internal", that is, that concerns the believers themselves, and which is evident from the existence of a plurality of believing communities within the territory of ancient Israel and Judah.