Human-Ness and God-ness in Biblical and Classical Culture : That One Seems to Me a Little Less Than a God.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scheuer, Blaženka, editor.

Wikander, Ola, editor.

Series:

Coniectanea Biblica.

Coniectanea Biblica

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Old Testament.

Divine man (Christology).

Gods.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Explores how ancient biblical, classical, and early Christian cultures conceptualized the boundary between humanity and divinity, through poetic, philosophical, and theological lenses.

Contents:

Abbreviations Introduction, Ola Wikander Lund University, Sweden and Blaženka Scheuer Lund University, Sweden 1. On the Probability of Anonymous Transmission of Prophetic Speech in the Hebrew Bible David Davage, ALT School of Theology, Sweden; University of the Free State, South Africa 2. Legitimization of Power: Divine Approval and Human Affirmation in Esarhaddon’s Succession Treaty and Deuteronomy 13 Jessica Alm, Stockholm School of Theology / University College Stockholm, Sweden 3. The Dog of Judah? Zoomorphic Framing of Caleb in Israelite Traditions Blaženka Scheuer, Lund University, Sweden 4. Becoming Like the Virgin God: Jerome on Divinity, Humanity, and Asceticism Katarina Pålsson, Lund University, Sweden 5. Coal from the Altar: The Neo-Gallican Hymns – Worthy Worship in Flawless Latin Anders Piltz, Lund University, Sweden 6. “Thou Madest Him Almost unto an Indian Mystic” – Emptiness from Death to the Undying – in Qoheleth and Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin Ola Wikander, Lund University, Sweden Biblical Sources Index Other Ancient Sources Index About the Authors

ISBN:

9798765189214

9798765189191

9798765189207

OCLC:

1581075945