Desiring Divinity: Self-Deification in Early Jewish and Christian Mythmaking

by M. David Litwa

Perhaps no declaration incites more theological and moral outrage than a human's claim to be divine. Those who make this claim in ancient Jewish and Christian mythology are typically represented as the most hubristic and dangerous tyrants. Their horrible punishments are predictable and still serve as morality tales in religious communities today.

But not all self-deifiers are saddled with pride and fated to fall. Some who claimed divinity stated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190467169
• ISBN13: 9780190467166
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"