Personhood of God
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Personhood of God

Biblical Theology, Human Faith and the Divine Image

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Personhood of God

Biblical Theology, Human Faith and the Divine Image

About this book

A fascinating exploration of the many faces of God and what they reveal about our own humanity He was a whole pantheon in Himself…. He constantly appeared in many and ever-changing roles lest He be frozen and converted into the dumb idols He Himself despised. God was a polyvalent personality who, by mirroring to man His many faces, provided the models that man so needed to survive and flourish. This is the true humanity of God. —from the Introduction In scholarly but accessible terms, with many startling and controversial insights, renowned Bible scholar Dr. Yochanan Muffs examines the anthropomorphic evolution of the Divine Image—from creator of the cosmos to God the father, God the husband, God the king, God the "chess-player, " God the ultimate master—and how these different images of God have shaped our faith and world view. Muffs also examines how expressions of divine power, divine will and divine love throughout the Bible have helped develop the contemporary human condition and our enriching dialectic between faith and doubt.

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Information

Publisher
Jewish Lights
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781580233385, 9781580232654
eBook ISBN
9781580235280
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Jewish Theology

Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. TITLE
  3. DEDICATION
  4. CONTENTS
  5. FOREWORD BY DR. DAVID HARTMAN
  6. PREFACE
  7. INTRODUCTION: MONOTHEISM, ANTHROPOMORPHISM, AND THE PERSONHOOD OF GOD
  8. I. THE BIBLICAL GOD IN RELATIONSHIP WITH A PEOPLE
  9.         1. PAGANISM AND BIBLICAL RELIGION
  10.         2. THE ESSENCE OF BIBLICAL PROCESS
  11.         3. THEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOMORPHISM
  12.         4. THE GODS AND THE LAW
  13.         5. FAMILY AND NATION: TWO VERSIONS OF NATIONAL FORMATION
  14. II. THE DIVINE PERSON
  15.         6. BIBLICAL ANTHROPOMORPHISM
  16.         7. THE LIVING MACHINE
  17.         8. DIVINE ASPIRATIONS: FOUR ASPECTS OF KINGSHIP
  18.         9. POWER, LOVE, AND JUSTICE: THE POSITIVE EXPRESSION OF THE DIVINE WILL
  19.         10. ON THE USES OF DIVINE POWER
  20. III. AESTHETIC SENSIBILITY AND RELIGIOUS IMAGINATION
  21.         11. IMAGE AND IMAGINATION IN THE BIBLE
  22.         12. THEOLOGY AND POETICS
  23.         13. TOWARD A PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE SENSES
  24. IV. JOY, LOVE, AND LITURGY
  25.         14. INTENT, VOLITION, AND THE ROOTS OF RABBINIC PRAYER
  26.         15. JOY IN THE LITURGY
  27.         16. LOVE AND ALACRITY IN OTHER LITURGIES
  28.         17. THE PRIESTLY BENEDICTION
  29. V. ENCOUNTERING THE PERSONHOOD OF GOD
  30.         18. GOD AND THE WORLD
  31.         19. A JEWISH VIEW OF GOD’S RELATION TO THE WORLD
  32.         20. JUDAISM AND SECULAR CULTURE
  33.         21. ON THE DEMYTHOLOGIZING OF RELIGION
  34. NOTES
  35. CREDITS
  36. GENERAL INDEX
  37. INDEX OF JEWISH SOURCES
  38. ABOUT JEWISH LIGHTS
  39. COPYRIGHT