Gigantic God: Yahweh's Body
The God of the Hebrew Bible is, by and large, a corporeal God. Implicit in Gen. 1.26-27, moreover, is the notion that God's body resembles a human body. It is only in later midrashic and mystical texts, however—pre—eminently the Shi'ur Qomah- that speculation about Yahweh's body bloom...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
1996
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 1996, Volume: 21, Issue: 70, Pages: 87-115 |
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| Summary: | The God of the Hebrew Bible is, by and large, a corporeal God. Implicit in Gen. 1.26-27, moreover, is the notion that God's body resembles a human body. It is only in later midrashic and mystical texts, however—pre—eminently the Shi'ur Qomah- that speculation about Yahweh's body blooms, and Yahweh is conceived as pos sessing a massive male physique. These texts in turn can be illuminated by the liter ature of modem bodybuilding. These various intertexts, ancient and modem, are here used to fashion a critical midrash on the hypermasculinity of the biblical Yahweh. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/030908929602107007 |