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200 10$aWhen gods were men$b[electronic resource] $ethe embodied God in biblical and Near Eastern literature /$fEsther J. Hamori
210   $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cWalter De Gruyter$dc2008
215   $a1 online resource (204 p.)
225 1 $aBeihefte zur Zeitschrift fu?r die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft,$x0934-2575 ;$vBd. 384
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a3-11-020348-0 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [156]-173) and indexes.
327   $t Frontmatter -- $tTable of Contents -- $t1. Introduction: The 'î? Theophany -- $t2. Varieties of Anthropomorphism -- $t3. Philosophical Approaches to Anthropomorphism -- $t4. Anthropomorphic Realism -- $t5. The 'î? Theophany and Divine Society -- $t6. Anthropomorphic Realism and the Ancient Near East -- $t7. Conclusions: The Embodied God -- $t Backmatter
330   $aIn the texts of Genesis 18 and 32, God appears to a patriarch in person and is referred to by the narrator as a man, both times by the Hebrew word ?sh. In both texts, God as ?sh is described in graphically human terms. This type of divine appearance is identified here as the "?sh theophany". The phenomenon of God appearing in concrete human form is first distinguished from several other types of anthropomorphism, such as divine appearance in dreams. The ?sh theophany is viewed in relation to appearances of angels and other divine beings in the Bible, and in relation to anthropomorphic appearances of deities in Near Eastern literature. The ?sh theophany has implications for our understanding of Israelite concepts of divine-human contact and communication, and for the relationship to Ugaritic literature in particular. The book also includes discussion of philosophical approaches to anthropomorphism. The development of philosophical opposition to anthropomorphism can be traced from Greek philosophy and early Jewish and Christian writings through Avicenna, Averroes, Maimonides and Aquinas, and into the work of later philosophers such as Hume and Kant. However, the work of others can be applied fruitfully to the problem of divine anthropomorphism, such as Wittgenstein's language games. 
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606   $aTheophanies in the Bible
606   $aAnthropomorphism
610   $aAbraham.
610   $aAngels.
610   $aAnthromorphism.
610   $aGenesis.
610   $aJacob.
615  0$aTheophanies in the Bible.
615  0$aAnthropomorphism.
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