The God of Israel /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007. |
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| Description: | xvi, 307 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | University of Cambridge oriental publications ; 64 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6378810 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. General Perspectives
- 1. Introducing the God of Israel
- 2. Aniconism in the Old Testament
- 3. Imitation of God in the Old Testament
- 4. Monotheism and the God of many names
- 5. God, creation and the contribution of wisdom
- 6. By royal appointment: God's influence on influencing God
- 7. Is monotheism bad for you?: some reflections on God, the Bible, and life in the light of Regina Schwartz's The Curse of Cain
- 8. Old Testament monotheism and Zoroastrianian influence
- Part II. Texts and Themes
- 9. God, women and children
- 10. The exegesis of the divine name in Exodus
- 11. The De-deification of deities in Deuteronomy
- 12. Is God moral?: on the Saul narratives as tragedy
- 13. Standing in the council: when prophets encounter God
- 14. Ugaritic polytheism and Hebrew monotheism in Isaiah 40-55
- 15. Interpreting Jonah's God: canon and criticism
- 16. The God of the pre-Maccabees: designations of the divine in the early Hellenistic period
- 17. Deity on Ecclesiasticus