The myth of cosmic rebellion
Subtitle: a study of its reflexes in Ugaritic and Biblical literature
By: by Hugh Rowland Page, Jr.
Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum,; v. 65
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Leiden; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Theomachy.; Mythology, Semitic.; Athtar (Semitic deity); Mythology, Ugaritic.; Ugaritic literature -- Relation to the Old Testament.
Description: This volume examines reflexes of a West Semitic myth describing an attempted coup against the high god of the pantheon. In 1939, J.Morgenstern theorized that this myth was the precursor of the Satan traditions found in Jewish and Christian sources. This treatment reconsiders Morgenstern's hypothesis, reviews scholarship on this myth of cosmic rebellion within the W. F. Albright/F. M.

Cross, Jr. lineage, compiles a concordance of texts cited by scholars in analyzing the myth, considers the possibility that Athtar is the myth's divine antihero, provides a translation and close reading of selected Ugaritic and Hebrew texts that have informed discussion about the myth, reassesses the value of these texts, and provides a reconstruction of the myth.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-231) and index.