The bodies of God and the world of ancient Israel
Sommer, Benjamin D., 1964-
The bodies of God and the world of ancient Israel [electronic resource] / Benjamin D. Sommer. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (xv, 334 p.) : ill.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
God's body and the Bible's interpreters -- Fluidity of divine embodiment and selfhood : Mesopotamia and Canaan -- The fluidity model in ancient Israel -- The rejection of the fluidity model in ancient Israel -- God's bodies and sacred space (1) : tent, ark, and temple -- God's bodies and sacred space (2) : difficult beginnings -- The perception of divinity in biblical tradition : implications and afterlife -- Appendix : monotheism and polytheism in ancient israel.
9780511596162 (electronic bk.) 0511596162 (electronic bk.)
God (Judaism)--History of doctrines.
Monotheism.
Polytheism.
God--Biblical teaching.
Electronic books.
BM610 / .S577 2009eb
296.3/11
The bodies of God and the world of ancient Israel [electronic resource] / Benjamin D. Sommer. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (xv, 334 p.) : ill.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
God's body and the Bible's interpreters -- Fluidity of divine embodiment and selfhood : Mesopotamia and Canaan -- The fluidity model in ancient Israel -- The rejection of the fluidity model in ancient Israel -- God's bodies and sacred space (1) : tent, ark, and temple -- God's bodies and sacred space (2) : difficult beginnings -- The perception of divinity in biblical tradition : implications and afterlife -- Appendix : monotheism and polytheism in ancient israel.
9780511596162 (electronic bk.) 0511596162 (electronic bk.)
God (Judaism)--History of doctrines.
Monotheism.
Polytheism.
God--Biblical teaching.
Electronic books.
BM610 / .S577 2009eb
296.3/11
