Stanley Arthur Cook

Name: 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 18 — Moab
Author: Stanley Arthur Cook

1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 18… (1911)

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“1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 18 — Moab”, published in 1911, is a work by Stanley Arthur Cook. It explores elements such as Moab, Mesha and Edom.

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Stanley Arthur Cook, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 18… (1911)

“ But Israel remained a great power in religious history while Moab disappeared. It is true that Moab was continuously hard pressed by desert hordes; the exposed condition of the land is emphasized by the chains of ruined forts and castles which even the Romans were compelled to construct. The explanation of the comparative insignificance of Moab, however, is not to be found in purely topographical considerations. Nor can it be sought in political history, since Israel and Judah suffered as much from external movements as Moab itself. ”

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Stanley Arthur Cook, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 18… (1911)

“ The national traditions of Israel recognize a close relationship between Moab and Ammon, “sons” of Lot, and the “brothers” Esau (Edom) and Jacob (Israel) , and Moab is represented as already a powerful people when Israel fled from Egypt (Exod. xv. 15) . The detailed narratives, however, give conflicting views of the exodus and the conquest of Palestine. It was supposed that Moab, having expelled the aboriginal giants, was in turn displaced by the Amorite king Sihon, who forced Moab south of the Arnon (Wadi Mōjib, a natural boundary) and drove Ammon beyond the Jabbok. ”

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Stanley Arthur Cook, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 18… (1911)

“ Although Moab and Ammon were “brothers,” their history was usually associated with that of Judah and Israel respectively, and naturally depended to a considerable extent upon these two and their mutual relations. Jephthah (q.v.) , one of the Israelite “judges,” delivered Gilead from Ammon, who resumed the attack under its king Nahash, only to be repulsed by Saul (q.v.) . Ehud (q.v.) of Benjamin or Ephraim freed Israel from the Moabite oppression. To the first great kings, Saul and David, are ascribed conquests over Moab, Ammon and Edom. ”

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“ A populous land commanding the trade routes from Arabia to Damascus, rich in agricultural and pastoral wealth, Moab, as Mesha’s inscription proves, had already reached a high state of civilization by the 9th century B.C. Its language differed only dialectically from Hebrew; its ideas and religion were very closely akin to the Israelite, and it may be assumed that they shared in common many features of culture. [3] The relation of Chemosh, the national god, to his “children” (Num. xxi. 29) was that of Yahweh to Israel (see especially Judges xi. 24) . ”

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Stanley Arthur Cook, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 18… (1911)

“ Much valuable evidence is to be obtained also from the survival of ancient forms of cult in Moab and east of the Jordan (e.g. sacrifices on the house roofs) and from a survey of epigraphical and other data from the Greek, Roman, and later periods, allowance being made for contamination. The whole question deserves careful investigation in the light of comparative religion. [4]
The relationship felt between Israel and the external states (Moab, Edom, and Ammon) is entirely justified. ”

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Stanley Arthur Cook, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 18… (1911)

“ Apart from the religious cult suggested in the name Mount Nebo, there were local cults of the Baal of Peor and the Baal of Meon, and Mesha’s allusion to ʽAshtar-Chemosh, a compound deity, has been taken to point to a corresponding consort whose existence might naturally be expected upon other grounds (see Astarte) . The fertility of Moab, the wealth of wine and corn, the temperate climate and the enervating heat supply conditions which directed the form of cult. ”

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Stanley Arthur Cook, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 18… (1911)

“ However, all that is recorded in Num. xxii. sqq., together with various legal and other matter, now severs the accounts of the Israelite occupation of east Jordan (Num. xxi. 33-35, xxxii. 39-42) . For full details see G. B. Gray, “Numbers” (Internat. Critical Comment.) . ”

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