Smith, Mark S.,  1955- <br/><br/>
God in translation :  deities in cross-cultural discourse in the biblical world / 
Mark S. Smith. 
 - Grand Rapids, Mich. :  W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.,  2010. 
 - xxvi, 382 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, c2008. (Forschungen zum Alten Testament ; 57) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780802864338 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0802864333 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010023317 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gods in the Bible.<br/>Intercultural communication--Religious aspects--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS680.G57 S65 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>202/.1109394