The term "cosmic mountain" is a rendering of the nineteenth-century German scholarly designation Weltberg, which was derived from ancient Mesopotamian sources. The book offers a critique of the concept, especially as it has been applied to West Semitic religion, chiefly that witnessed to in Ugaritic texts and the Bible. Chapter 2 examines the connection of various Ugaritic deities to sacred mountains--El, Baal, Mot, Anat, and other deities. Chapter 3 studies the concept in Genesis, in the Sinai and Zion traditions, and in the Solomonic Temple. The last chapter looks at the concept in some literature of Early Judaism.
- | Author: Richard J. Sj Clifford
- | Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
- | Publication Date: Jul 01, 2010
- | Number of Pages: 236 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1608997170
- | ISBN-13: 9781608997176
