Gérard Nissim Amzallag is a French-Israeli biologist, born in Morocco in 1962. He is an associate researcher at Ben Gurion University.[1] He holds a doctorate in biblical studies.[2] His work on the origins of Yahwism were controversially received, describing the god's proposed origin as the Canaanite god of metallurgy.[3][4] He has written on the origins of biblical archeology locations such as Edom,[5][6] and analyses of the Psalms.[7] His work on Yahweh and the Origins of Judaism has been cited by Daniel E. Fleming[8] and Yigal Levin.[9]
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It was also cited by detractors in 2010, "A Chalcolithic Error." Thornton et al named the academic as author of methodological and referential shortcomings, and "errata" too numerous to exhaust. The discussion (sive conclusion) rounds up:
Crucible and furnace smelting methods are not... as different as the author suggests, and we have provided... evidence for the indigenous development of furnace technology from earlier crucible smelting technologies. Contrary to Amzallag's vision of advanced furnace smelting originating in the southern Levant, we have demonstrated (it was a) conservative area as far as smelting is concerned. [10]
This criticism didn't stop his output, however. In 2023, he published Yahweh and the Origins of Ancient Israel, moving forward based on previous musings on the metallurgical aspects of Yahweh. The author's multidisciplinary view is of a mainly volcanic and smithing Kenite hypothesis of Yahweh.[11]
Publications
edit- La raison malmenée, CNRS Éditions, Paris, 2002
- L'Homme végétal, Albin Michel, Paris, 2003
- Amzallag, Gérard Nissim (2010). La réforme du vrai: enquête sur les sources de la modernité. Paris: C. L. Mayer. ISBN 978-2-84377-156-9.
- Amzallag, Nissim (2009). "Yahweh, the Canaanite God of Metallurgy?". Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. 33 (4): 387–404. doi:10.1177/0309089209105686. ISSN 0309-0892. S2CID 171053999.
- La forge de Dieu, Le Cerf, 2020, 299 pages, EAN 9782204140508
- Amzallag, Gérard Nissim (2023). Yahweh and the origins of ancient Israel: insights from the archaeological record. New York: Cambridge University press. ISBN 978-1-009-31477-0.
- Amzalag, Nisim (2021). Psalm 29: a Canaanite hymn to YHWH in the Psalter. Études bibliques. Leuven Paris Bristol, CT: Peeters. ISBN 978-90-429-4592-0.
External
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edit- ^ Amzallag, Nissim, ed. (2023), "Yahweh and the Origins of Ancient Israel", Yahweh and the Origins of Ancient Israel: Insights from the Archaeological Record, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. i–ii, ISBN 978-1-009-31477-0, retrieved 2023-10-19
- ^ "" Le judaïsme n'a pas inventé le dieu de la Bible, mais transformé un culte secret en religion officielle "". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ "Jewish God Yahweh Originated in Canaanite Vulcan, Says New Theory". Haaretz. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ Schlimm, Matthew Richard (2017). "Jealousy or Furnace Remelting?: A Response to Nissim Amzallag". Journal of Biblical Literature. 136 (3): 513–528. doi:10.1353/jbl.2017.0033. ISSN 1934-3876. S2CID 149086612.
- ^ Crowell, Bradley L. (2021). Edom at the edge of empire: a social and political history. Archaeology and biblical studies. Atlanta, GA: SBL Press. ISBN 978-0-88414-528-8.
- ^ Tebes, Juan Manuel (2019). "Memories of humiliation, cultures of resentment towards Edom and the formation of ancient Jewish national identity". Nations and Nationalism. 25 (1): 124–145. doi:10.1111/nana.12367. hdl:11336/46149. ISSN 1354-5078.
- ^ Schweers, Katherine (2023). "Uncovering Hidden Anger in the Psalms Using Psychological Models of Anger". Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture. 53 (3): 159–171. doi:10.1177/01461079231191555. ISSN 0146-1079. S2CID 261431537.
- ^ "The Name Yahweh", Yahweh before Israel, Cambridge University Press, pp. 162–184, 2020-12-03, doi:10.1017/9781108875479.006, ISBN 9781108875479, retrieved 2023-10-19
- ^ Levin, Yigal (2020). "The Religion of Idumea and Its Relationship to Early Judaism". Religions. 11 (10): 487. doi:10.3390/rel11100487. ISSN 2077-1444.
- ^ Thornton, C.P.; Golden, J.M.; Killick, D.J.; Pigott, V.C.; Rehren, T.H.; Roberts, B.W. (2010). "A Chalcolithic Error: Rebuttal to Amzallag 2009". American Journal of Archaeology. 114 (2): 305–315. doi:10.3764/aja.114.2.305. ISSN 0002-9114. JSTOR 25684276.
- ^ "YHWH: The Kenite God of Metallurgy - TheTorah.com". www.thetorah.com. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
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