The Old Gods Are Fighting Back: Mono- and Polytheistic Tensions in Battlestar Galactica and Jewish Biblical Interpretation

The representations of religious tension between the polytheistic humans and the monotheistic Cylons in the Sci Fi (now Syfy) channel’s hit series Battlestar Galactica (2003–2009) is nowhere more evident than in the human “convert” to monotheism, Gaius Baltar, who struggles to proselytize his minori...

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Autor principal:	Shayna Sheinfeld
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	University of Sheffield 2021
Materias:	battlestar galactica abraham gaius baltar monotheism polytheism second temple rabbinics judaism The Bible BS1-2970
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:eb9601b647104e4e852f25ad419678f62021-11-18T14:47:01ZThe Old Gods Are Fighting Back: Mono- and Polytheistic Tensions in Battlestar Galactica and Jewish Biblical Interpretation2633-069510.17613/sm81-6k10https://doaj.org/article/eb9601b647104e4e852f25ad419678f62021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://hcommons.org/deposits/view/hc:40074/CONTENT/1-sheinfeld-the-old-gods-are-fighting-back.pdf/https://doaj.org/toc/2633-0695The representations of religious tension between the polytheistic humans and the monotheistic Cylons in the Sci Fi (now Syfy) channel’s hit series Battlestar Galactica (2003–2009) is nowhere more evident than in the human “convert” to monotheism, Gaius Baltar, who struggles to proselytize his minority beliefs to other humans. Ancient Jewish literature also highlights the patriarch Abraham’s turn from a polytheistic past to a believer and follower of the one God. This article seeks to understand Baltar’s belief and actions in light of Abraham’s shift from polytheism to monotheism in ancient Jewish literature.Shayna SheinfeldUniversity of Sheffieldarticlebattlestar galacticaabrahamgaius baltarmonotheismpolytheismsecond templerabbinicsjudaismThe BibleBS1-2970ENJournal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-19 (2021)
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description	The representations of religious tension between the polytheistic humans and the monotheistic Cylons in the Sci Fi (now Syfy) channel’s hit series Battlestar Galactica (2003–2009) is nowhere more evident than in the human “convert” to monotheism, Gaius Baltar, who struggles to proselytize his minority beliefs to other humans. Ancient Jewish literature also highlights the patriarch Abraham’s turn from a polytheistic past to a believer and follower of the one God. This article seeks to understand Baltar’s belief and actions in light of Abraham’s shift from polytheism to monotheism in ancient Jewish literature.
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title	The Old Gods Are Fighting Back: Mono- and Polytheistic Tensions in Battlestar Galactica and Jewish Biblical Interpretation
title_short	The Old Gods Are Fighting Back: Mono- and Polytheistic Tensions in Battlestar Galactica and Jewish Biblical Interpretation
title_full	The Old Gods Are Fighting Back: Mono- and Polytheistic Tensions in Battlestar Galactica and Jewish Biblical Interpretation
title_fullStr	The Old Gods Are Fighting Back: Mono- and Polytheistic Tensions in Battlestar Galactica and Jewish Biblical Interpretation
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The Old Gods Are Fighting Back: Mono- and Polytheistic Tensions in Battlestar Galactica and Jewish Biblical Interpretation

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