The encounter with the divine in Mesopotamia and Israel / by H. W. F. Saggs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saggs, H. W. F., author.

Series:

Religious Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections

Religious studies : Bloomsbury Academic collections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Assyro-Babylonian literature--Relation to the Old Testament.

Assyro-Babylonian literature.

God--Biblical teaching.

God.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

"While most of its contemporary religions have faded away, Israelite religion continues to have a major influence in the world. First delivered in 1975 as a Jordan Lecture in Comparative Religion, this volume argues that in its beginnings Israelite religion had much in common with ancient Mesopotamian religion and suggests that its endurance is due to its dynamic development of the concepts it shared with other religions."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

1. A Matter of Method

2. The Divine in Creation

3. The Divine in History

4. The Divine in Relation to Good and Evil

5. Communication with the Divine

6. Universalism

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Lectures delivered at the London School of Oriental and African Studies in summer 1975.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474280853

1474280854

9781474280846

1474280846

OCLC:

1089421214