Oxford
Scholar Reference
John Day, Yahweh
and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan.
Journal for the Society
of the Old Testament Supplement Series 265. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press., 2000. 282 pp. Hardback. ISBN
1850759863.
Denver Seminary’s Richard Hess Review: “Day provides a
useful guide for
understanding many of the major deities mentioned in the Old Testament, including El, Asherah, Baal, Astarte, Anat,
the Queen of Heaven, the
sun, the moon, Lucifer, Mot, Resheph, Molech, the Rephaim, and Yahweh. With a heavy emphasis on the
written sources and
especially the Ugaritic texts, Day presents a considered and well reasoned series of arguments that address some of the
major issues in the
interpretation of the texts and provide a coherent and reasonable understanding of these deities and their associations
with other figures. The book is
a pleasure to read as it provides well reasoned and carefully documented discussion.”
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