The bodies of God and the world of ancient Israel
By: Benjamin D. Sommer.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521518727
Subjects: God (Judaism) -- History of doctrines; Monotheism; Polytheism; God -- Biblical teaching
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: God's body and the Bible's interpreters; title: Fluidity of divine embodiment and selfhood : Mesopotamia and Canaan; title: The fluidity model in ancient Israel; title: The rejection of the fluidity model in ancient Israel; title: God's bodies and sacred space (1) : tent, ark, and temple; title: God's bodies and sacred space (2) : difficult beginnings; title: The perception of divinity in biblical tradition implications and afterlife; title: Appendix : monotheism and polytheism in ancient israel.