Theophany and Chaoskampf : : The Interpretation of Theophanic Imagery in the Baal Epic, Isaiah, and the Twelve / / Eric Nels Ortlund.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Ortlund, Eric Nels,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Ugaritic Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; ABBREVIATIONS --; CHAPTER 1: METAPHOR AND MYTH AS COMPETING FRAMEWORKS FOR INTERPRETING THEOPHANIC IMAGERY --; CHAPTER 2: THUNDER AND THEOPHANY IN THE BAAL EPIC --; CHAPTER 3: THEOPHANY AND CHAOSKAMPF IN THE BOOK OF ISAIAH --; CHAPTER 4: THEOPHANY AND CHAOSKAMPF IN THE BOOK OF THE TWELVE --; CHAPTER 5: METAPHOR AND MYTH IN THEOPHANY: BORDERLINE CASES --; CHAPTER 6: SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT AND CONCLUSIONS --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463223595; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463223595
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Eric Nels Ortlund.

The imagery of thunder and lightning, fire and earthquake which attends YHWH's theophany in Old Testament poetic texts has most often been interpreted as a series of metaphors in biblical scholarship. This work applies insights from recent work in metaphor theory and myth theory to argue that this traditional interpretation of poetic theophanic imagery is mistaken, and that these texts make better exegetical sense when understood against the background of the ANE myth of the defeat of chaos.