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God in translation : deities in cross-cultural discourse in the biblical world / Mark S. Smith.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2010.Description: xxvi, 382 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780802864338 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0802864333
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 202/.1109394 22
LOC classification:
  • BS680.G57 S65 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : the subject of translatability of deities -- Empires and their deities : translatability in the Late Bronze Age -- Translatability and national gods in Ancient Israel -- The rejection of translatability in Israel and the impact of Mesopotamian empires on divinity -- "Protecting God" against translatability : biblical censorship in Post-Exilic Israel -- "The beautiful essence of all the gods" : translatability in the Greco-Roman world -- The biblical God in the world : Jewish and Christian translatability and its limits -- Epilogue : scholars of God, then and now.
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Books Books Oriental Theological Seminary Processing center Non-fiction BS680.G57 S65 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 18229

Originally published: Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, c2008. (Forschungen zum Alten Testament ; 57)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction : the subject of translatability of deities -- Empires and their deities : translatability in the Late Bronze Age -- Translatability and national gods in Ancient Israel -- The rejection of translatability in Israel and the impact of Mesopotamian empires on divinity -- "Protecting God" against translatability : biblical censorship in Post-Exilic Israel -- "The beautiful essence of all the gods" : translatability in the Greco-Roman world -- The biblical God in the world : Jewish and Christian translatability and its limits -- Epilogue : scholars of God, then and now.

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