Mourning for Tammuz: Prophecy and Projection in Ezekiel 8:14.
While many commentators take Ezek 8:14 at face value, ancient Near Eastern parallels call this understanding into question. Both East and West Semitic sources indicate that mourning rituals for a goddess's dead consort were carried out in state-sponsored temples that symbolized the goddess. Since th...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 141; no. 4; pp. 653 - 673 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=161409069&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 161409069 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00219231 JBL jtl: Journal of Biblical Literature issn: 00219231 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2022 vid: 141 iid: 4 pid: 11433 pub: Society of Biblical Literature artinfo: ui: 161409069 10.15699/jbl.1414.2022.4 ppf: 653 ppct: 20 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 213KB tig: atl: Mourning for Tammuz: Prophecy and Projection in Ezekiel 8:14. aug: au: Morrow, William S. affil: Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada su: Tammuz (Assyro-Babylonian deity) Ezekiel (Biblical prophet) Rites & ceremonies Semites Grief sug: subj: Tammuz (Assyro-Babylonian deity) Ezekiel (Biblical prophet) Rites & ceremonies Semites Grief ab: While many commentators take Ezek 8:14 at face value, ancient Near Eastern parallels call this understanding into question. Both East and West Semitic sources indicate that mourning rituals for a goddess's dead consort were carried out in state-sponsored temples that symbolized the goddess. Since this does not accord with what is known about the Jerusalem temple in the early sixth century BCE, it is probable that the visionary writer of verse 14 has projected onto the temple observances for the dying god that did not belong to it. There are indications, however, that his mourning rites were also observed in less formal settings. Women were prominent participants in these popular rituals (as they were in funeral observances in general). It is likely, therefore, that the author of verse 14 knew of mourning rites for a dead god observed in Judah outside of the temple context. Since Ezekiel indicted illegitimate cultic activities that took place throughout the nation for defiling the central sanctuary, the vision of ritual mourning for Tammuz buttressed the prophet's claim that YHWH had decided to abandon the temple. As it is uncertain that women in Judah called the dead god "Tammuz," the use of that divine name may come from Ezekiel. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Biblical Literature is the property of Society of Biblical Literature and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Biblical Literature holder: Society of Biblical Literature dt: @attributes: year: 2022 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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