In His Own Image and Likeness

Humanity, Divinity, and Monotheism

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W. Randall Garr

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Culture and History of the Ancient Near East

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This book is about nothing less than Genesis 1, or human creation. Humanity, the author convincingly argues, is created within the Priestly tradition as a replacement of God's divine community; human creation marks the decisive moment that P's God separates himself from other gods and institutes monotheism. After discussing the references of God's self-inclusive yet plural first person speech and examining the ramifications of this speech pattern in other biblical texts, Randall Garr discusses the divine-human relationship as it is represented by carefully analyzing the prepositions and nouns that characterize it. After highlighting some themes and theological concepts elaborated in Gen 1, it clearly situates the creation of humanity within the programmatic agenda of the Priestly tradition.

Author Biography:

W. Randall Garr, Ph.D. (1982) in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University, is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is author of Dialect Geography of Syria-Palestine, 1000-586 BCE, and other studies in Northwest Semitic languages and the Hebrew Bible.

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April 11th, 2003

Author

W. Randall Garr

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

308

Series

Culture and History of the Ancient Near East

Dimensions

166x247x26

ISBN-13

9789004129801

Product ID

5310929

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