The Invention of God

by Thomas Römer

Book Overview

Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas R mer seeks to answer these questions about the deity of the great monotheisms--Yhwh, God, or Allah--by tracing Israelite beliefs and their context from the Bronze Age to the end of the Old Testament period in the third century BCE.

That we can address such enigmatic questions at all may come as a surprise. But as R mer makes clear, a wealth of evidence allows us to piece together a reliable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674504976
• ISBN13: 9780674504974
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"