Divine Secrets and Human Imaginations : Studies on the History of Religion and Anthropology of the Ancient Near East and the Old Testament Hardback
by Angelika Berlejung
Part of the Orientalische Religionen in der Antike series
Hardback
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The articles in this volume of collected essays, written over the last two decades and all revised, updated, and supplemented with unpublished material, are grouped around two themes: Divine Secrets and Human Imaginations.
The first essays deal with the production, initiation, use and function, the abduction, repatriation, and the replacement of divine images, their outer appearance, and the many facets of the divine presence theology in Ancient Mesopotamia.
The essays on the second topic deal with human imaginations, human constructs, and constructed memories, which assign meaning to the past or to things or experiences that are beyond human control.
Thematically, several aspects of the human condition are examined, such as the ideas associated in the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East with death, corporeality, enemies, disasters, utopias, and passionate love. "Berlejung’s book is a gift to biblical scholarship, particularly to those of us outside the circle of continental scholarship.
Its blend of deep erudition and broad intellectual horizons is simply inspiring, providing a feast for the scholarly imagination." Ronald Hendel in RBL 06/2022
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- Pages:694 pages
- Publisher:JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck)
- Publication Date:18/06/2021
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- ISBN:9783161600340
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:694 pages
- Publisher:JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck)
- Publication Date:18/06/2021
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- ISBN:9783161600340
