Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel

Name: Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel
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ISBN: 9781107422261

ISBN-10: 1107422264

ISBN-13: 9781107422261

Edition: 2011

Authors: Benjamin D. Sommer

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In this book, the author challenges the distinction between monotheism and polytheism, using a lost Near Eastern perception of gods as having more than one body and fluid and unbounded selves.

Book details

List price: $77.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/17/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English




Introduction: 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