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The bodies of God and the world of ancient Israel

Title
The bodies of God and the world of ancient Israel [electronic resource] / Benjamin D. Sommer.
Author
Sommer, Benjamin D., 1964-
Publication
Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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American Council of Learned Societies.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org
Description
xv, 334 p. : ill., plans; 24 cm.
Uniform Title
  • ACLS Fellows' publications.
  • ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subject
  • God (Judaism) > History of doctrines
  • Monotheism
  • Polytheism
  • God > Biblical teaching
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic text and image data.
Contents
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.
OCLC
(dli)HEB31715
Author
Sommer, Benjamin D., 1964-
Title
The bodies of God and the world of ancient Israel [electronic resource] / Benjamin D. Sommer.
Imprint
Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Series
ACLS Fellows' publications.
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Reproduction
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Fellows' Publications]) ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
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Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Added Author
American Council of Learned Societies.
Found In:
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/
Other Form:
Original 9780521518727 (DLC) 2009000957
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