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The Invention of God / Thomas Römer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (296 p.) : 10 line illustrations, 8 maps, 2 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674915732
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 211
LOC classification:
  • BS680
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Translator’s Note -- System of Hebrew Transcription -- Introduction -- 1. The God of Israel and His Name -- 2. The Geographic Origin of Yhwh -- 3. Moses and the Midianites -- 4. How Did Yhwh Become the God of Israel? -- 5. The Entrance of Yhwh into Jerusalem -- 6. The Cult of Yhwh in Israel -- 7. The Cult of Yhwh in Judah -- 8. The Statue of Yhwh in Judah -- 9. Yhwh and His Asherah -- 10. The Fall of Samaria and the Rise of Judah -- 11. The Reform of Josiah -- 12. From One God to the Only God -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
Summary: Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas Römer seeks to answer these enigmatic questions about the deity of the great monotheisms—Yhwh, God, or Allah—by tracing Israelite beliefs and their context from the Bronze Age to the end of the Old Testament period in the third century BCE, in a masterpiece of detective work and exposition.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674915732

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Translator’s Note -- System of Hebrew Transcription -- Introduction -- 1. The God of Israel and His Name -- 2. The Geographic Origin of Yhwh -- 3. Moses and the Midianites -- 4. How Did Yhwh Become the God of Israel? -- 5. The Entrance of Yhwh into Jerusalem -- 6. The Cult of Yhwh in Israel -- 7. The Cult of Yhwh in Judah -- 8. The Statue of Yhwh in Judah -- 9. Yhwh and His Asherah -- 10. The Fall of Samaria and the Rise of Judah -- 11. The Reform of Josiah -- 12. From One God to the Only God -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index

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Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas Römer seeks to answer these enigmatic questions about the deity of the great monotheisms—Yhwh, God, or Allah—by tracing Israelite beliefs and their context from the Bronze Age to the end of the Old Testament period in the third century BCE, in a masterpiece of detective work and exposition.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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