The Hebrew God. Portrait of an Ancient Deity. - LANG, BERNHARD
Portrait of an Ancient Deity
KORTE INHOUD
Originally worshipped by the people of a small and politically insignificant eastern Mediterranean community, the Hebrew God rose to become the monotheistic deity of the entire Western tradition. Indeed, the God of Israel ranks as the most distinguished deity in human history. In this text, biblical scholar Bernhard Lang draws upon the available evidence, including ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian texts and art, to provide a portrait of the ancient Hebrew God. Lang's portrait shows the Hebrew God in five images. He appears as lord of wisdom, lord of war, lord of the animals, lord of the individual, and lord of the harvest - a God whose rule extends to all areas of life. Lang illuminates the completeness of this God's leadership with insights derived from modern religious, anthropological and cultural studies, and he argues that Israel's monotheistic God, far from being simply opposed to other gods, actually echoes and incorporates much of the ancient polytheistic experience of the divine. The worldview of th...
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2002Uitgever: Yale University Press246 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0300090250ISBN-13: 9780300090253Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original publisher's black paper-covered boards, gilt title spine, pictorial dustjacket, 8vo: x, 246pp., 37 illustrations, chapternotes & refereces, foreword, introduction, epilogue, appendices, abbreviations, bibliography, references illustrations, index, table of contents. Very fine copy - as new. New Haven-London, Yale University Press. 2002 [Auteur: LANG, BERNHARD] [Jaar: 2002] [Titel: The Hebrew God. Portrait of an Ancient Deity.]
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Bernhard Lang: The Hebrew God.
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Engelstalige uitgave, gebonden met stofomslag, als nieuw; 2002; First edition; Yale University Press; 246 pagina's; Titel: The Hebrew God - Portrait of an Ancient Deity; Ref: 233542 / U50PX92
