The Hebrew God : portrait of an ancient deity / Bernhard Lang.
2002
296.311 L269h 2002
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Title
The Hebrew God : portrait of an ancient deity / Bernhard Lang.
Author
ISBN
0300090250
Imprint
New Haven: Yale University Press, c2002.
Language
English
Description
x, 246 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number
296.311 L269h 2002
System Control No.
(OCoLC)48931025
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-239) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction : lord of three gifts: a new approach to the Hebrew God
Dumézil, the deluge, and the dream of Solomon
The thesis of the present book
The first image: lord of wisdom : The lord of esoteric wisdom
Mythology associated with the lord of wisdom
An alternative view: God as lawgiver and scribe
The second image: lord of war : God as lord of war
The warrior's initiation and God's battle with the monster
From Exodus to apocalyptic drama
The fourth image: lord of the individual, the "personal God" : The discovery of personal piety
God as lord of the individual: the Egyptian contribution
God as lord of the individual: the Mesopotamian contribution
The fifth image: lord of the harvest : The fertile crescent
Lord of the Harvest: archaic natural theologies
Lord of the harvest: theologies shaped by historical experience
Epilogue: the Hebrew God: fragments of a history : Manifestations of the divine and historical beginnings
The "sacred story" and monotheism
Christ as second God
Appendix I: the names of the Hebrew God
Appendix II: The ancient near east, ca. 3400-500 B.C.E.: a brief guide to its cultural history.
Dumézil, the deluge, and the dream of Solomon
The thesis of the present book
The first image: lord of wisdom : The lord of esoteric wisdom
Mythology associated with the lord of wisdom
An alternative view: God as lawgiver and scribe
The second image: lord of war : God as lord of war
The warrior's initiation and God's battle with the monster
From Exodus to apocalyptic drama
The fourth image: lord of the individual, the "personal God" : The discovery of personal piety
God as lord of the individual: the Egyptian contribution
God as lord of the individual: the Mesopotamian contribution
The fifth image: lord of the harvest : The fertile crescent
Lord of the Harvest: archaic natural theologies
Lord of the harvest: theologies shaped by historical experience
Epilogue: the Hebrew God: fragments of a history : Manifestations of the divine and historical beginnings
The "sacred story" and monotheism
Christ as second God
Appendix I: the names of the Hebrew God
Appendix II: The ancient near east, ca. 3400-500 B.C.E.: a brief guide to its cultural history.
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