Insightful and accessible. Renowned Bible scholar Dr. Yochanan Muffs examines the anthropomorphic evolution of the Divine Image-from creator of the cosmos to God the father, husband, king, "chess-player"-and how these diverse images of God have shaped us.
Insightful and accessible. Renowned Bible scholar Dr. Yochanan Muffs examines the anthropomorphic evolution of the Divine Image-from creator of the cosmos to God the father, husband, king, "chess-player"-and how these diverse images of God have shaped us.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Dr. Yochanan Muffs, for more than four decades a beloved teacher at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), holds the Distinguished Service Professorship in Bible and Religion at JTS and has made major contributions in biblical studies, Semitic languages, the history of the ancient Near East and Jewish religion and thought in general. Dr. Muffs's central work has been in the understanding of biblical text through comparative philological study. His two books, Studies in the Aramaic Legal Papyri from Elephantine and Love and Joy: Law, Language and Religion in Ancient Israel are unparalleled studies in this area.
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Foreword by Dr. David Hartman Preface Introduction: Monotheism, Anthropomorphism, and the Personhood of God I. The Biblical God in Relationship with a People 1. Paganism and Biblical Religion 2. The Essence of Biblical Process 3. Theological Anthropomorphism 4. The Gods and the Law 5. Family and Nation: Two Versions of National Formation II. The Divine Person 6. Biblical Anthropomorphism 7. The Living Machine 8. Divine Aspirations: Four Aspects of Kingship 9. Power, Love, and Justice: the Positive Expression of the Divine Will 10. On the Uses of Divine Power III. Aesthetic Sensibility and Religious Imagination 11. Image and Imagination in the Bible 12. Theology and Poetics 13. Toward a Phenomenology of the Senses IV. Joy, Love, and Liturgy 14. Intent, Volition, and the Roots of Rabbinic Prayer 15. Joy in the Liturgy 16. Love and Alacrity in Other Liturgies 17. The Priestly Benediction V. Encountering the Personhood of God 18. God and the World 19. A Jewish View of God's Relation to the World 20. Judaism and Secular Culture 21. On the Demythologizing of Religion Notes Credits General Index Index of Jewish Sources
Foreword by Dr. David Hartman Preface Introduction: Monotheism, Anthropomorphism, and the Personhood of God I. The Biblical God in Relationship with a People 1. Paganism and Biblical Religion 2. The Essence of Biblical Process 3. Theological Anthropomorphism 4. The Gods and the Law 5. Family and Nation: Two Versions of National Formation II. The Divine Person 6. Biblical Anthropomorphism 7. The Living Machine 8. Divine Aspirations: Four Aspects of Kingship 9. Power, Love, and Justice: the Positive Expression of the Divine Will 10. On the Uses of Divine Power III. Aesthetic Sensibility and Religious Imagination 11. Image and Imagination in the Bible 12. Theology and Poetics 13. Toward a Phenomenology of the Senses IV. Joy, Love, and Liturgy 14. Intent, Volition, and the Roots of Rabbinic Prayer 15. Joy in the Liturgy 16. Love and Alacrity in Other Liturgies 17. The Priestly Benediction V. Encountering the Personhood of God 18. God and the World 19. A Jewish View of God's Relation to the World 20. Judaism and Secular Culture 21. On the Demythologizing of Religion Notes Credits General Index Index of Jewish Sources
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