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Copyright Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gera, Programa de Posgraduacao em Ciencias da Religiao Apr-Jun 2014

Abstract

The sociohistorical meaning of the expressions rûaH yhwh ("spirit of Yahweh"), rûaH-rä'â më'ët yhwh ("evil spirit from Yahweh"), rûaH-'élöhîm rä'â ("evil spirit of God"), rûaH-'élöhÎm ("spirit of God") and rûaH härä'â ("evil spirit") of and in 1 Sm 16.14-23 is analyzed. The common identity of all these noological characters is postulated. Guided by an exercise of criticism applied to versions of the passage as well as the critical search of samples of international commentaries, rhetoric and the social-historical analysis is applied to the narrative. It is reasoned that, in the text's production horizon, this celestial figure is conceived as the noological equivalent to officials at service of kings, responsible for activities that could be classified as both ethically good and bad, such theological conception correspond to the pre-Persian state of Jewish-Israeli culture. They are not two characters: the "spirit of Yahweh" / "spirit of God" on one side , and the "evil spirit (of Yahweh or God)" on the other, but different descriptions of the same figure in accordance to the action interpreted as carried out by him in the provision of services to the god-king .

Details

Title
O espírito mau de Yahweh/Deus: análise histórico-social de 1 Sm 16,14-23/The evil spirit of Yahweh/God: sociohistorical analysis of 1 Sm 16,14-23
Author
Ribeiro, Osvaldo Luiz
Pages
486-509
Section
Temática Livre - Artigo original
Publication year
2014
Publication date
Apr-Jun 2014
Publisher
Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gera, Programa de Posgraduacao em Ciencias da Religiao
ISSN
16799615
e-ISSN
21755841
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Portuguese
ProQuest document ID
1544526928
Copyright
Copyright Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gera, Programa de Posgraduacao em Ciencias da Religiao Apr-Jun 2014