Title When gods were men : the embodied God in biblical and Near Eastern literature / Esther J. Hamori.

Publication Info.	Berlin ; New York : Walter De Gruyter, [2008]
	©2008

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Description	1 online resource (xvi, 185 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
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Series	Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 0934-2575 ; Bd. 384
	Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; Bd. 384.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-173) and indexes.
Summary	In the texts of Genesis 18 and 32, God appears to a patriarch in person and is referred to by the narrator as a man, both times by the Hebrew word ish. In both texts, God as ish is described in graphically human terms. This type of divine appearance is identified here as the"ish theophany". The phenomenon of God appearing in concrete human form is first distinguished from several other types of anthropomorphism, such as divine appearance in dreams. The ish theophany is viewed in relation to appearances of angels and other divine beings in the Bible, and in relation to anthropomorphi.
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Subject	Theophanies in the Bible.
	Theophanies in the Bible.
	Anthropomorphism.
	Anthropomorphism.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Hamori, Esther J. When gods were men. Berlin ; New York : Walter De Gruyter, ©2008 9783110203486 3110203480 (DLC) 2008295372 (OCoLC)213304204
ISBN	9783110206715 (electronic book)
	3110206714 (electronic book)
	1282196669
	9781282196667
	9783110203486 (alkaline paper)
	3110203480 (alkaline paper)