TY - JOUR
T1 - Bethel and Yahō
T2 - A Tale of Two Gods in Egypt
AU - Holm, Tawny
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© TAWNY HOLM, 2023.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Aramaic documents from Egypt suggest that Yahwists there may have identified Yahweh/Yahō with the Syrian-Aramean deity Bethel (Bayt-ēl). Portions of Papyrus Amherst 63, the long and complex multi-composition Aramaic text written using Demotic script, also support this view. For instance, Bethel and Yahō seem to be paralleled with each other in two poems on the papyrus; both deities share some attributes otherwise ascribed to Baal-Shamayn (i.e., Hadad), yet are superior to that deity; and a priestess of Bethel is termed a khnh, the feminine form of khn, the noun used solely for a priest of Yahō and no other deity in Egypt. Other subtle connections between Bethel and Yahō can also be found.
AB - Aramaic documents from Egypt suggest that Yahwists there may have identified Yahweh/Yahō with the Syrian-Aramean deity Bethel (Bayt-ēl). Portions of Papyrus Amherst 63, the long and complex multi-composition Aramaic text written using Demotic script, also support this view. For instance, Bethel and Yahō seem to be paralleled with each other in two poems on the papyrus; both deities share some attributes otherwise ascribed to Baal-Shamayn (i.e., Hadad), yet are superior to that deity; and a priestess of Bethel is termed a khnh, the feminine form of khn, the noun used solely for a priest of Yahō and no other deity in Egypt. Other subtle connections between Bethel and Yahō can also be found.
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U2 - 10.1163/15692124-12341335
DO - 10.1163/15692124-12341335
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85171869400
SN - 1569-2116
VL - 23
SP - 25
EP - 55
JO - Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions
JF - Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions
IS - 1
ER -