Divine (In)Corporeality in Psalms and Job
Several texts in Job and Psalms demonstrate an awareness of the limits of bodily metaphors for deity, even while using those metaphors as stand-ins for divine knowledge, morality, and agency. These texts work out their understanding of Yhwh’s body through contrasts with other bodies, divine or human...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2020]
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 71, Issue: 1, Pages: 11-35 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Psalms
/ Job
/ Jahwe
/ Body
/ Metaphor
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NBC Doctrine of God |
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| Summary: | Several texts in Job and Psalms demonstrate an awareness of the limits of bodily metaphors for deity, even while using those metaphors as stand-ins for divine knowledge, morality, and agency. These texts work out their understanding of Yhwh’s body through contrasts with other bodies, divine or human, which are epistemically flawed, used for immoral ends, and ultimately lacking in agency. Since they predate Philo’s arguments for a disembodied God, these texts demonstrate an important step in Israel’s developing ideas about the nature of God. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flz172 |