God of Old Inside the Lost World of the Bible

Name: God of Old Inside the Lost World of the Bible
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ISBN: 9780743235853

ISBN-10: 0743235851

ISBN-13: 9780743235853

Edition: 2004 (Reprint)

Authors: James L. Kugel

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Our notion of God today -- all-powerful, invisible, and omnipresent -- is not the same as the God of the Hebrew Bible. So who is this "God of Old?" And what is His place in the modern spiritual world? James Kugel is renowned for his investigations into the history of the biblical era, a time beginning more than three thousand years ago, when the Bible's earliest parts first took shape. WithThe God of Old,Kugel goes even deeper, attempting to enter the pages of the Old Testament and see God as the Israelites first encountered him. The God of Old appeared to people unexpectedly; He was not sought out. Often He was not even recognized, at first mistaken for an ordinary human being. The realm…

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List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 7/5/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English



About This Book



The Project



The Moment of Confusion



Not Searching for God



No Graven Images



The Cry of the Victim



The Soul's Journey



The Last Look


Bibliographical and Other Notes


Scriptural Index


Subject Index