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In His Own Image and Likeness: Humanity, Divinity, and Monotheism
By W. Randall Garr
328 pages
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- Brill
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Synopsis
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 Gods divine community; human creation marks the decisive moment that Ps God separates himself from other gods and institutes monotheism. After discussing the references of Gods self-inclusive yet plural first person speech and examining the ramifications of this speech pattern in other biblical texts, Randall Garr discusses the ...
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 Gods divine community; human creation marks the decisive moment that Ps God separates himself from other gods and institutes monotheism. After discussing the references of Gods 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 analysing 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.
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Table of contents
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- In His Own Image and Likeness i
- Culture and History of the Ancient near East ii
- Title Page iii
- Table of Contents vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Note on Translations and Citations xi
- Abbreviations and Symbols xiii
- Preface 1
- Part One - God and the Gods 15
- Chapter One - The Plural Pronouns 17
- Chapter Two 23
- Chapter Three - Gen 11: 7 45
- Chapter Four - Gods 51
- Chapter Five - Gen 1: 26 85
- Part Two - The Divine-Human Relationship 93
- Chapter Six - The Prepositions ט and ב 95
- In His Own Image and Likeness i
- Culture and History of the Ancient near East ii
- Title Page iii
- Table of Contents vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Note on Translations and Citations xi
- Abbreviations and Symbols xiii
- Preface 1
- Part One - God and the Gods 15
- Chapter One - The Plural Pronouns 17
- Chapter Two 23
- Chapter Three - Gen 11: 7 45
- Chapter Four - Gods 51
- Chapter Five - Gen 1: 26 85
- Part Two - The Divine-Human Relationship 93
- Chapter Six - The Prepositions ט and ב 95
- Chapter Seven 117
- Part Three - Creating the World 177
- Chapter Eight - The Priestly Cosmogony 179
- Chapter Nine - God's Victory over the Gods, and the Elevation of the Human Race 201
- Bibliography 241
- Text Index 279
- Word Index 291
- Author Index 293
- Culture and History of the Ancient near East 307