The origin and character of God: ancient Israelite religion through the lens of divinity
In the Hebrew Bible, God is characterised variously as militant, beneficent, inscrutable, loving, and judicious. Who is this divinity that has been represented as masculine and feminine, mythic and real, transcendent and intimate? The Origin and Character of God is Theodore J. Lewis's study of...
| Summary: | In the Hebrew Bible, God is characterised variously as militant, beneficent, inscrutable, loving, and judicious. Who is this divinity that has been represented as masculine and feminine, mythic and real, transcendent and intimate? The Origin and Character of God is Theodore J. Lewis's study of the vast subject that is the God of Israel. He explores questions of historical origin, how God wascharacterised in literature, and how he was represented in archaeology and iconography. He also brings us into the lived reality of religious experience. Using the window of divinity to peer into the varieties of religious experience in ancient Israel, Lewis explores the royal use of religion for power, prestige, and control; the intimacy of family and household religion; priestly prerogatives and cultic status; prophetic challenges to injustice; and the pondering of theodicy by poetic sages. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 17, 2020) |
| ISBN: | 0190072571 |