Yahweh the warrior: an intertextual reading of Habakkuk 3
Habakkuk 3 poses serious interpretational questions to (post)modern interpreters. The main question to be dealt with in this paper concerns the origin and interpretation of the poem on Yahweh as warrior in Habakkuk 3:3-15. When the chapter is analysed on intra- and intertextual levels the following...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2001
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2001, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Pages: 475-493 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ancient near-Eastern gods
B Yahweh the warrior B Solar deities B Christianity B Habakkuk 3:3-15 B Storm-gods |
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| Summary: | Habakkuk 3 poses serious interpretational questions to (post)modern interpreters. The main question to be dealt with in this paper concerns the origin and interpretation of the poem on Yahweh as warrior in Habakkuk 3:3-15. When the chapter is analysed on intra- and intertextual levels the following picture emerges: On a literary level Habakkuk 3 can be read as a meaningful part of a complex whole. On the intertextual level Habakkuk 3 has numerous parallels with other theophanies in the Old Testament as well as descriptionptions and depictions of Ancient Near-Eastern storm-gods and solar deities. The theophany has, however, been thoroughly incorporated into the framework of the chapter by the poet. 1n the end Habakkuk 3 can be regarded as a message of hope to people in dire distress. By recalling the great saving acts of Yahweh at the birth of a nation, Habakkuk gives hope to the faithful at the eclipse of the nation as a politically independent entity. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/AJA10109919_884 |