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The Invention of God
Thomas Romer
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Description for The Invention of God
hardcover. 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." Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA; HRAB1; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas Roemer seeks to answer these 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. That we can address such enigmatic questions at all may come as a surprise. But as Roemer makes clear, a wealth of evidence allows us to piece together a reliable account of the origins and evolution of the god of Israel. Roemer draws on a long tradition of historical, philological, ... Read more
Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas Roemer seeks to answer these 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. That we can address such enigmatic questions at all may come as a surprise. But as Roemer makes clear, a wealth of evidence allows us to piece together a reliable account of the origins and evolution of the god of Israel. Roemer draws on a long tradition of historical, philological, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
595g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674504974
SKU
V9780674504974
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About Thomas Romer
Thomas Roemer is Professor of the Hebrew Bible at the College de France and Professor at the University of Lausanne. Raymond Geuss is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge.
Reviews for The Invention of God
Ro mer is interested in the emergence of a deity whose nature is now so familiar that its startling originality no longer startles.
Brian Bethune Maclean's (11/30/2015) R mer presents a scholarly and provocative account of how a minor tribal deity likely grew to become
or revealed himself to be
Lord of Creation.
David O'Reilly Philadelphia Inquirer (04/03/2016) It reads very well, ... Read more
Brian Bethune Maclean's (11/30/2015) R mer presents a scholarly and provocative account of how a minor tribal deity likely grew to become
or revealed himself to be
Lord of Creation.
David O'Reilly Philadelphia Inquirer (04/03/2016) It reads very well, ... Read more