God in translation : deities in cross-cultural discourse in the biblical world /
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Language: English
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Grand Rapids, Mich. :
W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,
2010.
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Call Number: BS680 .G57 S65 2010
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100 | 1 | |a Smith, Mark S., |d 1955- |e author | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a God in translation : |b deities in cross-cultural discourse in the biblical world / |c Mark S. Smith. |
264 | 1 | |a Grand Rapids, Mich. : |b W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, |c 2010. | |
300 | |a xxvi, 382 pages ; |c 23 cm. | ||
500 | |a Originally published : Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, c2008. (Forschungen zum Alten Testament ; 57) | ||
504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. | ||
505 | 0 | |a Introduction : the subject of translatability of deities -- Empires and their deities : translatability in the Late Bronze Age -- Translatability and national gods in Ancient Israel -- The rejection of translatability in Israel and the impact of Mesopotamian empires on divinity -- "Protecting God" against translatability : biblical censorship in Post-Exilic Israel -- "The beautiful essence of all the gods" : translatability in the Greco-Roman world -- The biblical God in the world : Jewish and Christian translatability and its limits -- Epilogue : scholars of God, then and now. | |
650 | 0 | |a Gods in the Bible. | |
650 | 0 | |a Intercultural communication |x Religious aspects |x History. | |
901 | |a reviewed | ||
942 | |c BK |2 lcc |