God's body : Jewish, Christian, and pagan images of God / Christoph Markschies ; translated by Alexander Johannes Edmonds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Markschies, Christoph, author.

Contributor:

Edmonds, Alexander Johannes, translator.

Standardized Title:

Gottes Körper. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

God--Corporeality--History of doctrines.

God.

Anthropomorphism.

God--History of doctrines.

God (Judaism)--History of doctrines.

God (Judaism).

God (Christianity)--History of doctrines.

God (Christianity).

God (Greek religion).

Paganism--History.

Paganism.

Hellenism.

Christianity.

Christianity and culture--Early church.

Greeks--Religion.

Interfaith relations.

Romans--Religion.

History.

God--Corporeality.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 616 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Waco : Baylor University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Explores conceptions of the corporeality of God in antique Western theology, mysticism, and philosophy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The body of God after antiquity

The body of God in the Judeo-Christian Bible and the early Christian theologians

The body of God and divine statues in antiquity

The bodies of gods and the bodies of souls in late antiquity

The body of God and late antique Jewish mysticism

The body of God in late antique Christian theology

The body of God and antique Christology

Conclusion: Settled conceptions of God?

Notes:

Originally published : Gottes Körper: jüdische, christliche und pagane Gottesvorstellungen in der Antike. München: Verlag C.H. Beck, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-590) and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Markschies, Christoph, God's body

ISBN:

9781481311687

1481311689

OCLC:

1099821702