TY - BOOK AU - Römer,Thomas AU - Geuss,Raymond TI - The invention of God SN - 9780674915732 AV - BS680.G57 R6613 2015eb U1 - 296.3/11 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - Harvard University Press KW - Bible KW - fast KW - Monotheism KW - God (Judaism) KW - Gods in the Bible KW - Monothéisme KW - Dieu (Judaïsme) KW - Dieux dans la Bible KW - monotheism KW - aat KW - RELIGION KW - Judaism KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - History N1 - "Originally published in French as L'Invention de Dieu by Thomas Römer, illustrations by Fabian Pfitzmann, copyright © Éditions du Seuil, 2014"--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references and index; The God of Israel and his name -- The geographic origin of Yhwh -- Moses and the Midianites -- How did Yhwh become the God of Israel? -- The entrance of Yhwh into Jerusalem -- The cult of Yhwh in Israel -- The cult of Yhwh in Judah -- The statue of Yhwh in Judah -- Yhwh and his Asherah -- The fall of Samaria and the rise of Judah -- The reform of Josiah -- From one God to the only God N2 - Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas Romer 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1133826 ER -