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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 (1) reconsiders Morgenstern's hypothesis, (2) reviews scholarship on this myth of cosmic rebellion within the W.F. Albright/F.M. Cross, Jr. lineage, (3) compiles a concordance of texts cited by scholars in analyzing the myth, (4) considers the possibility that Athtar is the myth's divine antihero, (5) provides a translation and close reading of selected Ugaritic and Hebrew texts that have informed discussion about the myth, (6) reassesses the value of these texts, and (7) provides a reconstruction of the myth.

Theomachy. --- Mythology, Semitic. --- Athtar (Semitic deity) --- Mythology, Ugaritic. --- Ugaritic literature --- Relation to the Old Testament. --- 235.2 --- Mythology, Semitic --- Mythology, Ugaritic --- Theomachy --- -Battle of the gods --- Combat myth --- Cosmic rebellion --- Heavenly rebellion --- Primordial battle --- Primordial combat --- Mythology --- Gods --- Ugaritic mythology --- Semitic mythology --- ʻAstar (Semitic deity) --- ʻAthar a(sh)-Sharīq (Semitic deity) --- ʻAthtar Dhū Qabḍim (Semitic deity) --- ʻAthtar Shāriq (Semitic deity) --- ʻAthtar Sharīqān (Semitic deity) --- ʻAthtar Sharqān (Semitic deity) --- ʻAt̲tr (Semitic deity) --- Gods, Semitic --- Kwade engelen. Demonen. Demonologie. Duivel. Satan. Lucifer. Asmodeus. Beëlzebub. Mephistoteles --- Relation to the Old Testament --- 235.2 Kwade engelen. Demonen. Demonologie. Duivel. Satan. Lucifer. Asmodeus. Beëlzebub. Mephistoteles --- -Kwade engelen. Demonen. Demonologie. Duivel. Satan. Lucifer. Asmodeus. Beëlzebub. Mephistoteles --- Battle of the gods --- Bible. --- Antico Testamento --- Hebrew Bible --- Hebrew Scriptures --- Kitve-ḳodesh --- Miḳra --- Old Testament --- Palaia Diathēkē --- Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa --- Sean-Tiomna --- Stary Testament --- Tanakh --- Tawrāt --- Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim --- Torah, Neviʼim u-Khetuvim --- Velho Testamento --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Ugaritic literature - Relation to the Old Testament.

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"Noting that Israel's earliest responses to earth-shaking changes were cast in the powerfully expressive language of poetry, Hugh R. Page Jr. argues that the careful collection and preservation of these traditions was an act of resistance, a communal no to the forces of despair and a yes to the creative power of the Spirit. Further, Page argues, the power of these poems to craft and shape a future for a people who had suffered acute displacement and marginalization offers a rich spiritual repertoire for Africana peoples today, and for all who find themselves perennially outside the social or political mainstream. Here Page offers fresh translations and brief commentary on the Bible's fifteen earliest poems, and explores the power and relevance of these poems, and the ancient mythic themes behind them, for contemporary life at the margins"--Publisher's description.

Hebrew poetry, Biblical --- Hebrew poetry, Biblical --- History and criticism --- Bible. --- Black interpretations.