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When gods were men : the embodied God in biblical and Near Eastern literature /
In the texts of Genesis 18 and 32, God appears to a patriarch in person and is referred to by the narrator as a man, both times by the Hebrew word ish. In both texts, God as ish is described in graphically human terms. This type of divine appearance is identified here as the"ish theophany"...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
Walter De Gruyter,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ;
Bd. 384. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction: The 'îš Theophany
- 2. Varieties of Anthropomorphism
- 3. Philosophical Approaches to
- Anthropomorphism
- 4. Anthropomorphic Realism
- 5. The 'îš Theophany and Divine Society
- 6. Anthropomorphic Realism and the Ancient Near
- East
- 7. Conclusions: The Embodied God
- Backmatter.