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Spirit and Reason : the Embodied Character of Ezekiel's Symbolic World.

By comparing and contrasting the pictures gained from Greek and Mesopotamian cities with Ezekiels Jerusalem, Launderville masterfully shows how Ezekiel fosters a type of symbolic thinking focused on making the Israelites into living symbols of God. The Spirit is the reality that connects humans with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Launderville, Dale F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waco : Baylor University Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Right Ordering of Perception through the Interplayof Spirit and Reason; 2 The Pure versus the Impure: A Vital Tensionwithin a Living Symbol; 3 The Heart of the Matter: The Principle of Community; 4 The Place of Skepticism in Determining the Divinely WilledOrder of the World; 5 The Justice and Tragedy of a Community Beset by Divineand Human Violence; 6 Death and Afterlife: The Journey into a New Existence orinto Nothingness; 7 Spirit and Holiness: The Embodiment of Divine Order; Indices.