Title: The divine warrior motif in the Psalms /
Authors: Ballard, Harold Wayne, 1963-
Publisher: BIBAL Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Bible. Theology.; Theomachy in the Bible.; Middle Eastern literature Relation to the Old Testament.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- statement of purpose -- background of the proposal -- methodology ; the divine warrior in ANE literature ; identifying the divine warrior motif in the Psalms ; Analysis of Psalm texts ; implications for theology -- 2. The divine warrior in Ancient near Eastern literature -- the divine warrior motif in Ugaritic literature ; Baal as a divine warrior ; Anat as a divine warrior ; El and Resheph as divine warriors -- the divine warrior in other ANE literature -- the divine warrior in Mesopotamia ; Ninurta ; Inanna/Ishtar ; Marduk ; Erra ; Assur -- the divine warrior in Anatolia ; Teshub ; the sun goddess of Arinna -- the divine warrior in Egypt ; Amun-Re ; Seth -- images of the divine warrior in the ANE ; characteristics of the divine warrior ; linguistic features -- summary -- 3. Identifying the divine warrior motif in the Psalms -- Establishing the critieria for identification ; linguistic features ; Ugaritic and other ANE parallels -- application of criteria to the Psalms ; Divine warrior terminology in the Psalms -- plotting the occurrences of the divine warrior terminology -- selection of passages for investigation -- summary -- 4. Analysis of Psalm texts -- the divine warrior motif in the Psalms ; Psalm 7 ; Psalm 44 ; Psalm 46 ; Psalm 68 ; Psalm 74 ; Psalm 76 ; Psalm 78 ; Psalm 105 ; Psalm 110 ; Psalm 144 ; synopsis of the divine warrior motif in the Psalms -- The divine warrior motif in the Psalms and in the Ancient Near East -- Summary