ISBN:
9781032105918
,
9781032105895
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 210 Seiten
Year of publication:
2022
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in the biblical world
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Orlov, Andrei A. Embodiment of Divine Knowledge in Early Judaism
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Orlov, Andrei A., 1960 - Embodiment of divine knowledge in early Judaism
DDC:
296.3/11
Keywords:
Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
God (Judaism) History of doctrines
;
God (Judaism) Knowableness
;
God (Judaism) Omniscience
;
Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)
;
God Comparative studies
;
God (Judaism) Philosophy
;
Middle Eastern literature History and criticism
;
Wissen
;
Eigenschaft Gottes
;
Gegenwart Gottes
;
Repräsentation
;
Biblische Person
;
Frühjudentum
Abstract:
Chapter 1: The Divine image as the hypostasis of Divine knowledge -- Chapter 2: The Divine face as the hypostasis of Divine knowledge -- Chapter 3: The Divine name as the hypostasis of Divine knowledge -- Chapter 4: The epistemology of Divine presence and pseudepigraphical attribution.
Abstract:
"This volume explores the early Jewish understanding of divine knowledge as divine presence, which is embodied in major biblical exemplars, such as Adam, Enoch, Jacob, and Moses. The study treats the concept of divine knowledge as the embodied divine presence in its full historical and interpretive complexity by tracing the theme through a broad variety of ancient Near Eastern and Jewish sources, including Mesopotamian traditions of cultic statues, creational narratives of the Hebrew Bible, and later Jewish mystical testimonies. Orlov demonstrates that some biblical and pseudepigraphical accounts postulate that the theophany expresses the unique, corporeal nature of the deity that cannot be fully grasped or conveyed in some other non-corporeal symbolism, medium, or language. The divine presence requires another presence in order to be transmitted. To be communicated properly and in its full measure, the divine iconic knowledge must be "written" on a new living "body" which can hold the ineffable presence of God through a newly acquired ontology. Embodiment of Divine Knowledge in Early Judaism will provide an invaluable research to students and scholars in a wide range of areas within Jewish, Near Eastern, and Biblical Studies, as well as those studying religious elements of anthropology, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and gender studies. Through the study of Jewish mediatorial figures, this book also elucidates the roots of early Christological developments, making it attractive to Christian audiences"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.4324/9781003216100
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