The bodies of God and the world of ancient Israel - Sommer, Benjamin D., 1964- (Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Keywords: God (Judaism) -- History of doctrines; Monotheism; Polytheism; God -- Biblical teaching; Electronic books