Verify Citation - 11. Periodicities of Property and Debt
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Query: 11. Periodicities of Property and Debt
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Quoted text:
as Wensinck[1] (1923: pp. 181f.) has summarized: “The king, in antiquity, is above everything he who maintains law and order. … in the group of [Talmudic] Psalms [24 and 99, as well as 93, 94, and 47] the ascension to the throne and the administration of justice are spoken of in one breath. In cosmology this idea means: victory over chaos with its demoniac powers and establishment of cosmic order; in theology: accomplishment of the judgment of mankind. Each new period begins thus, with the establishment of order, with the settlement of destinies, with judgment. And every New Year is a day of judgment.”
Can someone with access to Wensinck’s text confirm the quotation and page number for us?
We were able to confirm the second half of the quotation only:
“In cosmology this idea means: victory over chaos with its demoniac powers and establishment of cosmic order; in theology: accomplishment of the judgment of mankind. Each new period begins thus, with the establishment of order, with the settlement of destinies, with judgment. And every New Year is a day of judgment.”
Per p. 392 in document, 332 on the page header, of the pdf linked here to Kingship and the Gods by Henri Frankfort.
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- ↑ A.J. Wensinck, “The Semitic New Year and the Origin of Eschatology,” Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Vol. I (1923), pp. 179–186.
