God in translation : deities in cross-cultural discourse in the biblical world /

God in translation : deities in cross-cultural discourse in the biblical world /

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Main Author: Smith, Mark S., 1955- (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2010.

Subjects:

Gods in the Bible.
Intercultural communication > Religious aspects > History.

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Call Number: BS680 .G57 S65 2010

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.