The bodies of God and the world of ancient Israel

1. Verfasser: Sommer, Benjamin D., 1964-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Umfang/Format: xv, 334 p. : ill.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • God's body and the Bible's interpreters
  • Fluidity of divine embodiment and selfhood : Mesopotamia and Canaan
  • The fluidity model in ancient Israel
  • The rejection of the fluidity model in ancient Israel
  • God's bodies and sacred space (1) : tent, ark, and temple
  • God's bodies and sacred space (2) : difficult beginnings
  • The perception of divinity in biblical tradition : implications and afterlife
  • Appendix : monotheism and polytheism in ancient israel.