The Divine Verdict: A Study of Divine Judgement in the Ancient ReligionsBRILL, 1991 - 410 páginas The theme of divine judgement has often been treated, but usually with a concentration on one it its two main aspects: either that which is seen in the present life and in history or that which is believed to occur only after death. This new study seeks to combine the two aspects. It also tries to cover the whole spectrum of the ancient religions. Special attention is given to Israel, Greece, and Egypt. Israel's neighbours are also considered, and there are discussions of Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism. In several areas, notably in Egypt and Israel, it is shown that punishment in this life is sometimes presented as a fate that man brings upon himself rather than as one imposed by God, though always against a moral background derived from religion. The origins of judgement after death in the Judaeo-Christian tradition are examined in some detail and elements are traced to Egyptian, Zoroastrian, and Judaic sources. |
Índice
The Greek Concept of a Moral Law with Divine | 47 |
Roman Applications | 95 |
Aspects of Christian Doctrine | 110 |
Some Indian Doctrines | 132 |
Compensation and Retribution in Karma | 137 |
Confucianism Mohism and Taoism | 146 |
Mohism and Taoism | 148 |
Chuangtzu | 154 |
A Egypt and JudaeoChristian Thought | 201 |
Present and Future Judgement | 202 |
Posthumous Litigation | 203 |
Diverging Divine Roles | 204 |
The Combination of Test and Ordeal | 210 |
Magic and Morality | 213 |
The Priestly Connection and the Basic Situation | 218 |
Some Changed Emphases and their Influence | 224 |
The Transference of Merits | 156 |
Avenging Ghosts | 157 |
Pharaoh and People | 160 |
A Dogma Doubted | 161 |
Godgiven Qualities | 164 |
Criticism of a King | 167 |
Some Changed Emphases | 173 |
A Revealing Testcase | 176 |
Pharaoh and People | 184 |
Sinuhes Godgiven Success | 186 |
Later Biography | 187 |
Sin and Suffering in the Confessional Literature | 189 |
Behind the Changed Outlook | 195 |
PART II | 199 |
2 The Blissful Right and the Baleful Left | 225 |
3 Shaï Meskhenet and Renenet | 226 |
4 A Triad of Assistant Arbiters | 227 |
5 Heaven Hell and a Pointer to Purgatory | 230 |
6 Transference to the Living | 234 |
Facets of Impact on JudaeoChristian Thought | 237 |
From Egypt to Greece via Crete | 280 |
Posthumous Judgement in Israel | 298 |
Divine Judgement in the Mystery Religions | 313 |
Epilogue | 344 |
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Términos y frases comunes
Aeschylus Ahura Mazda allusion Amos Ancient Ancient Egypt Apocalypticism Apuleius Atê Avestan Babylonian belief Book Boyce century B.C. Chapter Christ Christian concept concerned context cult dead death deeds deities depicted divine judgement doctrine early Egypt Egyptian element emphasis Erinyes eschatology evil fate favour funerary God's goddess gods Greek Hattian Heaven Hebrew Herodotus Hesiod Hittite Hornung Horus human Hymn Ibid idea implied influence initiation interpretation Iranian Isis Israel Jesus Jewish Judaism judge justice karma King Leiden Lichtheim literature living London Lord Lucius Maat Mary Boyce Minoan Mithras moral Mysteries Old Testament Osiris Oxford parallel person Pharaoh Plutarch posthumous judgement present priest prophets punishment refers regarded relation Religion religious repr retribution righteous Rigveda rites ritual role Roman says sense sins soul spirit suggestion symbol temple theme Theodicy theology Thoth thou tion tradition verdict Vergil weighing Wisdom words Yahweh Yasna Zeus Zoroastrianism