Ontological Aspects of Early Jewish Anthropology
Subtitle: The Malleable Self and the Presence of God
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9789004336407
Subjects: Theological anthropolgy; Judaism; God (judaism); God, proof; Mysticism, judaism; Mysticism, history
Description: In 'Ontological Aspects of Early Jewish Anthropology', Tyson L. Putthoff explores early Jewish beliefs about how the human self reacts ontologically in God's presence. Combining contemporary theory with sound exegesis, Putthoff demonstrates that early Jews widely considered the self to be intrinsically malleable, such that it mimics the ontological state of the space it inhabits. In divine space, they believed, the self therefore shares in the ontological state of God himself. The book is critical for students and scholars alike. In putting forth a new framework for conceptualising early Jewish anthropology, it challenges scholars to rethink not only what early Jews believed about the self but how we approach the subject in the first place.