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Forming God : divine anthropomorphism in the Pentateuch /

This volume examines divine anthropomorphism in the Hebrew Bible, a study characterized by disagreement and contradiction. Discussions of anthropomorphism in the Hebrew Bible are typically found in three areas of inquiry: ancient Israelite religion, as reflected by the compositions of the Pentateuch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knafl, Anne Katherine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2014.
Colección:Siphrut ; 12.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1; Introduction; The Topic and History of Scholarship; The Relevance of a New Study; The Approach of This Study; Structure and Argument; Chapter 2; Methodology and a Test Case; Methodology; Creation and Divine Anthropomorphism: A Test Case (Genesis 1:1-2:4a); Anthropomorphic Features of God in Genesis 1:1-2:4a; A Preliminary Typology; Chapter 3; The Divine Body; Definition; God's Bodies: Full- and Small-Scale Manifestation; Mental Activity: Bodily Idiom and the Inner Life of the Deity; Chapter 4; Divine Location; Definition.
  • Theophany: Earthly PresenceDivine Mobility; Sustained Presence; Chapter 5; Divine Action and Interaction; Definition; A Survey of Divine Action in the Sources; Divine Action with Direct or Indirect Interaction; Chapter 6; Conclusion; A Typology of Divine Anthropomorphism in the Pentateuch; Divine Anthropomorphism in the Pentateuchal Sources; Implications of this Study and Future Avenues of Research; Bibliography; Index of Authors; Index of Scripture.