BODIES, EMBODIMENT, AND THEOLOGY OF THE HEBREW BIBLE by S. Tamar Kamionkowski (Editor), Wonil Kim (Editor) ( 9780567547996 )

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BODIES, EMBODIMENT, AND THEOLOGY OF THE HEBREW BIBLE

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S. Tamar Kamionkowski (Editor), Wonil Kim (Editor)

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056754799X

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Pub. date:

20 May, 2010

Series:

The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies v. 465

Pages:

262

Description:

A collection that brings consideration of the human body onto the grid of theological studies. It explores three primary clusters of questions: To what extent did the biblical authors portray God as having a body or body parts? How does the medium of divine embodiment help ancient authors to express God beliefs?

Synopsis:

Recognizing that human experience is very much influenced by inhabiting bodies, the past decade has seen a surge in studies about representation of bodies in religious experience and human imaginations regarding the Divine. The understanding of embodiment as central to human experience has made a big impact within religious studies particularly in contemporary Christian theology, feminist, cultural and ideological criticism and anthropological approaches to the Hebrew Bible. Within the sub-field of theology of the Hebrew Bible, the conversation is still dominated by assumptions that the God of the Hebrew Bible does not have a body and that embodiment of the divine is a new concept introduced outside of the Hebrew Bible. To a great extent, the insights regarding how body discourse can communicate information have not yet been incorporated into theological studies.

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black & white illustrations

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T.& T.Clark Ltd

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