Biblical evidence from Obadiah and Psalm 137 for an Edomite treaty betrayal of Judah in the sixth century B.C.E.

Abstract: Focusing on Obadiah and Psalm 137, this article provides biblical evidence for an Edomite treaty betrayal of Judah during the Babylonian crisis ca. 588–586 B.C.E. After setting a context that includes the use of treaties in the ancient Near East to establish expectations for political rela...

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Autor principal: Dykehouse, Jason
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Políticas y de la Comunicación. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente 2019
Materias:
BIBLIA
SALMOS
BABILONIA
HISTORIA POLITICA
ORIENTE ANTIGUO
HISTORIA ANTIGUA
TRATADOS
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/6726
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Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) de Universidad Católica Argentina
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SALMOS
BABILONIA
HISTORIA POLITICA
ORIENTE ANTIGUO
HISTORIA ANTIGUA
TRATADOS
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SALMOS
BABILONIA
HISTORIA POLITICA
ORIENTE ANTIGUO
HISTORIA ANTIGUA
TRATADOS
Dykehouse, Jason
Biblical evidence from Obadiah and Psalm 137 for an Edomite treaty betrayal of Judah in the sixth century B.C.E.
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SALMOS
BABILONIA
HISTORIA POLITICA
ORIENTE ANTIGUO
HISTORIA ANTIGUA
TRATADOS
description Abstract: Focusing on Obadiah and Psalm 137, this article provides biblical evidence for an Edomite treaty betrayal of Judah during the Babylonian crisis ca. 588–586 B.C.E. After setting a context that includes the use of treaties in the ancient Near East to establish expectations for political relationships and the likelihood that Edom could operate as a political entity in the Judahite Negev during the Babylonian assault, this article demonstrates that Obadiah’s poetics include a density of inverted form and content (a reversal motif) pointing to treaty betrayal. Obadiah’s modifications of Jeremiah 49, a text with close thematic and terminological parallels, evidence an Edomite treaty betrayal of Judah. Moreover, the study shows that Obadiah is replete with treaty allusions. A study of Psalm 137 in comparison with Aramaic treaty texts from Sefire reveals that this difficult psalm also evidences a treaty betrayal by Edom and includes elements appropriate for treaty curses. The article closes with a discussion of piecemeal data from a few other biblical texts, a criticism of the view that Edom was innocent during the Babylonian crisis, and a suggestion that this treaty betrayal may have contributed to the production of some anti-Edom biblical material.
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title Biblical evidence from Obadiah and Psalm 137 for an Edomite treaty betrayal of Judah in the sixth century B.C.E.
title_short Biblical evidence from Obadiah and Psalm 137 for an Edomite treaty betrayal of Judah in the sixth century B.C.E.
title_full Biblical evidence from Obadiah and Psalm 137 for an Edomite treaty betrayal of Judah in the sixth century B.C.E.
title_fullStr Biblical evidence from Obadiah and Psalm 137 for an Edomite treaty betrayal of Judah in the sixth century B.C.E.
title_full_unstemmed Biblical evidence from Obadiah and Psalm 137 for an Edomite treaty betrayal of Judah in the sixth century B.C.E.
title_sort biblical evidence from obadiah and psalm 137 for an edomite treaty betrayal of judah in the sixth century b.c.e.
publisher Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Políticas y de la Comunicación. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente
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