In His own image and likeness : humanity, divinity, and monotheism / by W. Randall Garr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garr, W. Randall.

Series:

Culture and history of the ancient Near East 1566-2055 ; v. 15.

Culture and history of the ancient Near East, 1566-2055 ; v. 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Genesis.

Monotheism--History.

Monotheism.

History.

Theological anthropology--Judaism.

Theological anthropology.

Humanity.

Bible. Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

xx, 306 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

Contents:

I. God and the Gods

1. The Plural Pronouns 17

2.1. Isolating Nonliteral [characters not reproducible] 23

2.2. Interpretations of Nonliteral [characters not reproducible] 27

2.3. [characters not reproducible] and Gen 38:16 28

2.4. The Pragmatic Character of the [characters not reproducible] Clause 33

2.5. Form-Critical Analysis of the [characters not reproducible] Clause 38

3. Gen 11:7 45

4. Gods 51

4.1. Gods in the Yahwist and Elohist Traditions 51

4.2. Gods Elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible 65

5. Gen 1:26 85

II. The Divine-Human Relationship

6. The Prepositions [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible] 95

7. The Nouns [characters not reproducible] and [characters not reproducible] 117

III. Creating the World

8. The Priestly Cosmogony 179

8.1. Exercising Creative Control 181

8.2. Separation and Differentiation 183

8.3. Harmonic Order 186

8.4. Imposing Rule 191

9. God's Victory over the Gods, and the Elevation of the Human Race 201

9.1. The Gods and Their Demise 202

9.2. God's Rule 212

9.3. Imitatio Dei et deorum 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-278) and index.

ISBN:

9004129804

OCLC:

51511270