Where the gods are : spatial dimensions of anthropomorphism in the Biblical world /

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Author / Creator:	Smith, Mark S., 1955- author.
Imprint:	New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [c2016]
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Anchor Yale Bible reference library Anchor Yale Bible reference library.
Subject:	Bible. -- New Testament -- Criticism and interpretation. Bible. -- New Testament -- Criticism, Narrative. Bible. -- New Testament. Ugaritic literature -- Relation to the Old Testament. Anthropomorphism. Symbolism in the Bible. Image of God. God -- Biblical teaching. God -- Attributes. Anthropomorphism. God -- Attributes. God -- Biblical teaching. Image of God. Symbolism in the Bible. Ugaritic literature -- Relation to the Old Testament. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13358005

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ISBN:	9780300220964 0300220960 9780300209228 0300209223
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Summary:	The issue of how to represent God is a concern both ancient and contemporary. In this wide-ranging and authoritative study, renowned biblical scholar Mark Smith investigates the symbols, meanings, and narratives in the Hebrew Bible, Ugaritic texts, and ancient iconography, which attempt to describe deities in relation to humans. Smith uses a novel approach to show how the Bible depicts God in human and animal forms-and sometimes both together. Mediating between the ancients' theories and the work of modern thinkers, Smith's boldly original work uncovers the foundational understandings of deities and space.
Other form:	Original 0300209223 9780300209228

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