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035 _a(DE-B1597)9783110206715
035 _a(DE-B1597)34362
035 _a(OCoLC)301577310
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072 7 _aREL006090
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082 0 4 _a220.6
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aHamori, Esther J.
_eautore
245 1 1 _a"When Gods Were Men" :
_bThe Embodied God in Biblical and Near Eastern Literature /
_cEsther J. Hamori.
264 1 _aBerlin ;
_aBoston :
_bDe Gruyter,
_c[2008]
264 4 _c©2008
300 _a1 online resource (185 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aBeihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ,
_x0934-2575 ;
_v384
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tTable of Contents --
_t1. Introduction: The 'îš Theophany --
_t2. Varieties of Anthropomorphism --
_t3. Philosophical Approaches to --
_tAnthropomorphism --
_t4. Anthropomorphic Realism --
_t5. The 'îš Theophany and Divine Society --
_t6. Anthropomorphic Realism and the Ancient Near --
_tEast --
_t7. Conclusions: The Embodied God --
_tBackmatter
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aIn the texts of Genesis 18 and 32, God appears to a patriarch in person and is referred to by the narrator as a man, both times by the Hebrew word īsh. In both texts, God as īsh is described in graphically human terms. This type of divine appearance is identified here as the "īsh theophany". The phenomenon of God appearing in concrete human form is first distinguished from several other types of anthropomorphism, such as divine appearance in dreams. The īsh theophany is viewed in relation to appearances of angels and other divine beings in the Bible, and in relation to anthropomorphic appearances of deities in Near Eastern literature. The īsh theophany has implications for our understanding of Israelite concepts of divine-human contact and communication, and for the relationship to Ugaritic literature in particular. The book also includes discussion of philosophical approaches to anthropomorphism. The development of philosophical opposition to anthropomorphism can be traced from Greek philosophy and early Jewish and Christian writings through Avicenna, Averroes, Maimonides and Aquinas, and into the work of later philosophers such as Hume and Kant. However, the work of others can be applied fruitfully to the problem of divine anthropomorphism, such as Wittgenstein's language games.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023)
650 0 _aAnthropomorphism.
650 0 _aTheophanies in the Bible.
650 4 _aAnthropomorphismus.
650 4 _aBibel /Abraham.
650 4 _aBibel /Jakob.
650 4 _aEngel.
650 4 _aGenesis.
650 7 _aRELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament.
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653 _aAbraham.
653 _aAngels.
653 _aAnthromorphism.
653 _aGenesis.
653 _aJacob.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9783110206715
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110206715
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