Divine Doppelgängers: YHWH's ancient look-alikes

God and the gods : history of religions as an approach and context for biblical theology / Patrick D. Miller, Jr. -- Canaan--Israel--Christianity : the case for a vertical ecumenism / Othmar Keel, trans. by Armin Siedlecki -- More than one god? : three models for construing the relations between YHW...

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Contributors: Cornell, Collin 1988- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: University Park, Pennsylvania Eisenbrauns [2020]
In:Year: 2020
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Jahwe / Old Testament / Divinity / Ancient Orient
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Chemosh (Moabite deity)
B God (Christianity)
B God Comparative studies
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Summary:God and the gods : history of religions as an approach and context for biblical theology / Patrick D. Miller, Jr. -- Canaan--Israel--Christianity : the case for a vertical ecumenism / Othmar Keel, trans. by Armin Siedlecki -- More than one god? : three models for construing the relations between YHWH and the other gods / Bob Becking -- Who is like you among the gods? : some observations on configuring YHWH in the Old Testament / J. Andrew Dearman -- Why should the look-alikes be a problem? / Robert Goldenberg -- Theological approaches to the problem of God's ancient look-alikes / Collin Cornell -- Chemosh looks like YHWH but that's okay / Josey B. Snyder -- YHWH and Chemosh : an investigation of look-alike gods using the moral foundations theory / M. Patrick Graham -- YHWH, Chemosh, and the Regula fidei / Brent A. Strawn -- Is there a counterpart in the Hebrew Bible to New Testament antisemitism? / Jon D. Levinson -- Miqreh and YHWH : fate, chance, simultaneity, and providence / Stephen B. Chapman -- 'Can a woman forget her nursing child?' : divine breastfeeding and the God of Israel / Christopher B. Hays -- Bulls and horses, gods and goddesses : the religious iconography of Israel's neighbors / P.M. Michèle Daviau.
"A collection of essays by scholars of the Hebrew Bible providing recommendations for how Jews and Christians can think theologically about the challenge of similarities between YHWH and other ancient gods"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1575067447