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Author Römer, Thomas, 1955- author.

Title The invention of God / Thomas Römer ; translated by Raymond Geuss.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 303 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note "Originally published in French as L'Invention de Dieu by Thomas Römer, illustrations by Fabian Pfitzmann, copyright © Éditions du Seuil, 2014"--Title page verso.
Contents The God of Israel and his name -- The geographic origin of Yhwh -- Moses and the Midianites -- How did Yhwh become the God of Israel? -- The entrance of Yhwh into Jerusalem -- The cult of Yhwh in Israel -- The cult of Yhwh in Judah -- The statue of Yhwh in Judah -- Yhwh and his Asherah -- The fall of Samaria and the rise of Judah -- The reform of Josiah -- From one God to the only God.
Summary Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas Romer seeks to answer these enigmatic questions about the deity of the great monotheisms Yhwh, God, or Allah by tracing Israelite beliefs and their context from the Bronze Age to the end of the Old Testament period in the third century BCE, in a masterpiece of detective work and exposition.
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Language Translated from the French.
Subject Bible.
Bible.
Bible.
Monotheism.
Monotheism.
God (Judaism)
God (Judaism)
Gods in the Bible.
Gods in the Bible.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Geuss, Raymond, translator.
Added Title Invention de Dieu. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015020034
Other Form: Print version: Römer, Thomas, 1955- Invention de Dieu. English. Invention of God 9780674504974 (DLC) 2015012161 (OCoLC)906121698
ISBN 9780674915732 (electronic book)
0674915739 (electronic book)
9780674504974
0674504976