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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794690103321

Autore

Cornell Collin <1988->

Titolo

Divine doppelgangers : YHWH's ancient look-alikes / / Collin Cornell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Penn State University Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-64602-093-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.) : 8 illustrations

Disciplina

231.4

Soggetti

God (Christianity) - Attributes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

God and the gods : history of religions as an approach and context for biblical theology / Patrick D. Miller, Jr. -- Canaan -- Israel -- Christianity : the case for a vertical ecumenism / Othmar Keel, trans. by Armin Siedlecki -- More than one god? : three models for construing the relations between YHWH and the other gods / Bob Becking -- Who is like you among the gods? : some observations on configuring YHWH in the Old Testament / J. Andrew Dearman -- Why should the look-alikes be a problem? / Robert Goldenberg -- Theological approaches to the problem of God's ancient look-alikes / Collin Cornell -- Chemosh looks like YHWH but that's okay / Josey B. Snyder -- YHWH and Chemosh : an investigation of look-alike gods using the moral foundations theory / M. Patrick Graham -- YHWH, Chemosh, and the Regula fidei / Brent A. Strawn -- Is there a counterpart in the Hebrew Bible to New Testament antisemitism? / Jon D. Levinson -- Miqreh and YHWH : fate, chance, simultaneity, and providence / Stephen B. Chapman -- 'Can a woman forget her nursing child?' : divine breastfeeding and the God of Israel / Christopher B. Hays -- Bulls and horses, gods and goddesses : the religious iconography of Israel's neighbors / P.M. Michele Daviau.

Sommario/riassunto

"A collection of essays by scholars of the Hebrew Bible providing recommendations for how Jews and Christians can think theologically about the challenge of similarities between YHWH and other ancient gods"--