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The bodies of God and the world of ancient Israel / Benjamin D. Sommer.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BM610 .S577 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sommer, Benjamin D., 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- God (Judaism)--History of doctrines.
- God (Judaism).
- Monotheism.
- Polytheism.
- God--Biblical teaching.
- God.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780521518727
- 0521518725
- OCLC:
- 286432589
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