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Autore |
Gnuse Robert Karl <1947-> |
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Titolo |
No other gods [[electronic resource] ] : emergent monotheism in Israel / / Robert Karl Gnuse |
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Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1997 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-81401-6 |
9786611814014 |
0-567-37415-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (393 p.) |
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Collana |
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 241 |
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Soggetti |
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Monotheism - Palestine - History of doctrines |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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This book emerged from a seminar paper given at Loyola University of New Orleans in 1985. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 NEW UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE ISRAELITE SETTLEMENT PROCESS; Chapter 2 RECENT SCHOLARSHIP ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MONOTHEISM IN ANCIENT ISRAEL; Chapter 3 MONOTHEISM IN ANCIENT ISRAEL'S WORLD; Chapter 4 HISTORY OF MONOTHEISM IN ISRAEL; Chapter 5 THE WORLDVIEW OF EMERGENT MONOTHEISM AMONG THE JEWS; Chapter 6 THE ONGOING TRADITION OF EMERGENT MONOTHEISM; Chapter 7 THE HEBREW BIBLE AND PROCESS THEOLOGY; Chapter 8 PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIA AS AN EVOLUTIONARY MODEL FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND BIBLICAL STUDIES; Conclusions; Bibliography |
Index of ReferencesIndex of Authors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is the first full-scale assessment of the theological, social and ideational implications of our new understandings of ancient Israel's social and religious development. Scholars now stress the gradual emergence of Israel out of the culture of ancient Palestine and the surrounding ancient Near East rather than contrast Israel with the ancient world. Our new paradigms stress the ongoing and unfinished nature of the monotheistic 'revolution', which is indeed still in process today. Gnuse takes a further bold step in setting the emergence of monotheism in a wider intellectual context: he arg |
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