When Gods Were Men: The Embodied God in Biblical and Near Eastern Literature

by Esther J. Hamori

In the texts of Genesis 18 and 32, God appears to a patriarch in person and is referred to by the narrator as a man, both times by the Hebrew word īsh. In both texts, God as īsh is described in graphically human terms. This type of divine appearance is identified here as the "īsh theophany". The phenomenon of God appearing in concrete human form is first distinguished from several other types of anthropomorphism, such as divine appearance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110203480
• ISBN13: 9783110203486
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary