TY  - BOOK
AU  - Römer,Thomas
AU  - Geuss,Raymond
TI  - The Invention of God
SN  - 9780674915732
AV  - BS680 
U1  - 211 
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - God (Judaism)
KW  - Gods in the Bible
KW  - Monotheism
KW  - RELIGION / History
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674915732
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