God in translation : deities in cross-cultural discourse in the biblical world /
Smith, Mark S., 1955-,
God in translation : deities in cross-cultural discourse in the biblical world / [print] Mark S. Smith. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Company, (c)2010. - xxvi, 382 pages ; 23 cm.
Originally published: T ubingen : Mohr Siebeck, c2008. (Forschungen zum Alten Testament ; 57)
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.
9780802864338
2010023317
Gods in the Bible.
Intercultural communication--Religious aspects--History.
BS680.S655.G635 2010
God in translation : deities in cross-cultural discourse in the biblical world / [print] Mark S. Smith. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Company, (c)2010. - xxvi, 382 pages ; 23 cm.
Originally published: T ubingen : Mohr Siebeck, c2008. (Forschungen zum Alten Testament ; 57)
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.
9780802864338
2010023317
Gods in the Bible.
Intercultural communication--Religious aspects--History.
BS680.S655.G635 2010