Bodies, embodiment, and theology of the Hebrew Bible /
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Imprint: | New York : T & T Clark, 2010. |
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Description: | x, 250 p. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies ; 465 Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 465. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8106836 |
Summary: | Recognizing that human experience is very much influenced by inhabiting bodies, the past decade has seen a surge in studies about representation of bodies in religious experience and human imaginations regarding the Divine. The understanding of embodiment as central to human experience has made a big impact within religious studies particularly in contemporary Christian theology, feminist, cultural and ideological criticism and anthropological approaches to the Hebrew Bible. Within the sub-field of theology of the Hebrew Bible, the conversation is still dominated by assumptions that the God of the Hebrew Bible does not have a body and that embodiment of the divine is a new concept introduced outside of the Hebrew Bible. To a great extent, the insights regarding how body discourse can communicate information have not yet been incorporated into theological studies. |
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Physical Description: | x, 250 p. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 056754799X 9780567547996 |