Monotheism in late prophetic and early apocalyptic literature / edited by Nathan MacDonald and Ken Brown ; contributors, Reinhard AchenBach [and eleven others. [electronic resource]

Divine violence in the book of Isaiah -- 'The city by the sea will be a drying place': Isaiah 19.1-25 in light of prophetic texts from Ptolemaic Egypt -- Who is a God like You? Refracting the one God in Jonah, Micah and Nahum -- YHWH, the divine beings and Zechariah 1-6 -- The beginnings of one-ness theology in late Israelite prophetic literature -- Monotheistischer Universalismus und frühe Formen eines Völkerrechts in prophetischen Texten Israels achämenidishcher Zeit -- The god(s) of the nations in late prophecy -- Cognitive dissonance and eschatological violence: fantasized solutions to a theological dilemma in Second Temple Judaism -- Monotheism, angelology, and dualism in ancient Jewish apocalyptic writings -- Worship and Idolatry in the book of Daniel through the lens of Tertullian's De idololatria.

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In English, with one contribution in German.

Discussion of early Jewish monotheism has focused on its origins in earlier Israelite religion, while its development in late prophetic and early apocalyptic literature has received little attention. Yet the reflections of the concept of monotheism in these works are much more diverse than is generally recognized. This literature reflects a lively debate over the implications of Yhwh's supremacy, which extend to the full range of religious and socio-political experience. The authors of this volume explore that diversity by focusing on how particular texts and themes embody and shape the emergi.