Gods and Humans in the Ancient near East
Gods have always lived among humans. But long ago, they also lived inside us, sharing their nature with mere mortals.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York
University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Further subjects: | B
Human body-Religious aspects
B Electronic books |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781108490542 |
| Summary: | Gods have always lived among humans. But long ago, they also lived inside us, sharing their nature with mere mortals. Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: Self, Space and the Divine Embodiment Model -- Prefatory Remarks -- The Self As Space -- The Study of the Self -- The Self As Bounded Space -- The Study of Space -- Self Space As Heterotopian Space -- The State of the Question -- Space and Existence in Early Judaism and Christianity -- Early Judaism and Jewish Mysticism -- Early Christianity and the New Testament -- Christian 'Theological Anthropology' -- Divine Embodiment in the Ancient Near East -- The Divine Embodiment Model -- A Note on the Structure and Sources -- Concluding Remarks -- 2 Godlike Bodies and Radiant Souls: Divine Embodiment in Ancient Egypt -- Prefatory Remarks -- The Present Chapter -- The Sources -- The Body, the ba and the ka -- The Creation of the Cosmos -- The Constituent Parts of the Self -- The Body -- Divine Material in the Cosmos and the Self -- The Cosmos As Heterotopian Space -- The ba -- The ba As Manifestation -- The ba and Its Statue -- The ba and the Self -- The ka -- The Physical Nature of the ka -- The Contagious Nature of the ka -- The Composite Self -- The Divinity of the Pharaoh -- The Pharaoh and the Gods -- Ramesses II -- Ramesses II's Worship of Seti I -- Ramesses II's Divine Self-Conception -- The Pharaoh As the Embodied Deity -- Concluding Remarks -- 3 Composite Beings and Sexy God-Kings: The Divinity of Humanity in Ancient Mesopotamia -- Prefatory Remarks -- The Present Chapter -- The Sources -- Human Creation in Mesopotamian Cosmogony -- The Human Self in Mesopotamian Origins -- The Human Self in Enuma Eliš -- Overview of Enuma Eliš -- The Creation of Humanity in Enuma Eliš -- The Myth of Atraḫasīs -- The Creation of Humanity in Atraḫasīs -- The Components of the Self. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (270 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1108848095 |