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... 2143-24 o Temple pattern in his hand—God comes to him in a vision where he is supposed build a temple for a deity—certainly a parallel to Mosaic temple pattern and command. o Ex. 25. 8; Heb. 8. 1-5 o There was an idea of heavenly correlation or pattern from heaven to the earthly things—human dwellings were the model of the heavenly temple pattern. Temple: 1. Sumerian for temple is E. GAL written in cuneiform a. Meaning more specifically “a big or great house” as found in the evolution of the word that find in Hebrew (barith rab). b. The range of meaning for house is vast 2. The Hebrew word for temple is the transliteration of E. GAL from the Sumerian Form. 3. A temple then is basically a/the place—a dwelling—where God dwells, a. This gives reason to believe (so M. Kline) that Eden was the first Temple Hatti (Hittites) The Hittite Capital is in modern day Turkey. Empire collapsed in 1200 B.C. fallen by the “Sea People”. 2 Samuel 11.3—“Uriah” o Royal Annals o Record the military campaigns of the Hittite Kings—we see records being kept contemporary with the events (historiography) o Theological interpretation of natural events Example: 1335 B.C. Mursillu—tesub (Storm God). o International Treaties o Suzerain-vassal We have from the Hittite Kings Here again we find the parallel in the Pentateuch o Parity—among equals o See the handouts Canaan In Canaan we have a polytheistic view, but that really comes from Babylon. o Theological Hierarchy o Common to Mesopotamia, Canaan, Greece, Rome Babylon Canaan Greece Romans Anu El Chronos Saturn Enlil (Bel) storm god Baal Zeus Juppiter Divine assembly d.a. d.a. d.a. This is to show a common theological construction of deities among these groups of nations and also the Biblical account: God—Son—Angels (divine assembly). o Compared to the Bible o Literary remains o Poetry and the gods ANET 129 (Ball and A.) o Keret (Kirta) Epic ANET 142 (King Kirta) o The Caanaanite Pantheon o El Comes from a symetic root that means to be strong and mighty—so El is the mighty one. He lives at the 2 rivers He is also called the father of man/adam He is the father of men and gods and has three wives who are also his sisters (Astarte, Asherah, Baaltis)—Daniel 7. They seem to be focused on fertility o Baal and resurrection Baal: the storm god—means also “lord”. He is the lord of heaven called the son of Dagon (shows up in Judges 16.23ff; 1 Samuel 5.1ff). Dagon comes from the root meaning “grain”. Baal is the storm god and he is responsible also for fertility. His resurrection: • Baal fights with Mot and is released from (?) and so Baal dies and goes to “hell”—for seven years—so, his mistress/sister Aneth fights Mot and thus reestablished fertility again to the land. • The cycle of death and resurrection is a theme we see with Baal and the Caanaanite Pantheon. • See Resurrection Handout o Goddesses: Astarte (Judges 2.13) Anath (Joshua 21.18) Asherah (Ex. 34.13; and m...