[PDF.43md] The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel

The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel

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 | #462344 in Books |  Sommer Benjamin D |  2011-01-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.98 x.79 x5.98l,1.20 | File type: PDF | 352 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Thoughts on The Bodies of G-d and the World of Ancient Israel|By Jacqueline Ramirez|I really appreciate the first chapter’s discussion of Fluidity of Divine Embodiment and Selfhood in Mesopotamia and Canaan. The discussion on the salmu and mis pi ceremonies was interesting. In the introduction I liked that Dr. Sommer pointed out that when in Exodus 33:20 G-d tells Moses,| |"An innovative and illuminating exploration of the idea that God in the Hebrew Bible is embodied. Benjamin Sommer explores the various modes of embodiment found in different sources and shows that both rabbinic and mystical Judaism, as well as Christianity, ha

In The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel, Benjamin D. Sommer investigates the notion of a deity's body and self in ancient Israel, Canaan, and Mesopotamia. He uncovers a lost ancient Near Eastern perception of divinity according to which an essential difference between gods and humans was that gods had more than one body and fluid, unbounded selves. Though the dominant strains of biblical religion rejected it, a monotheistic version of this theological intuit...

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