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Divine Doppelgängers:

YHWH's Ancient Look-Alikes
  • ISBN-13: 9781575067445
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: EISENBRAUNS
  • Edited by Collin Cornell
  • Price: AUD $217.00
  • Stock: 1 in stock
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  • Local release date: 04/03/2020
  • Format: Hardback (235.00mm X 160.00mm) 280 pages Weight: 570g
  • Categories: Cultural studies [JFC]
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In this volume, scholars of theHebrew Bible and its historicalcontexts address the theologicalchallenge these parallels create,providing reflections on howJews and Christians can keepfaith in YHWH as God whileacknowledging the reality ofYHWH's divine doppelgängers.

Editor’s Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Part 1. The Problem at Large

Chapter 1. God and the Gods: History of Religion as an Approach and Context for Biblical Theology

Patrick D. Miller Jr.

Chapter 2. Canaan—Israel—Christianity:The Case for a Vertical Ecumenism

Othmar Keel, translated by Armin Siedlecki

Chapter 3. More Than One God? Three Models for Construing the Relations Between YHWH and the Other Gods

Bob Becking

Chapter 4. Who Is Like You Among the Gods? Some Observations on Configuring YHWH in the Old Testament

J. Andrew Dearman

Chapter 5. Why Should the Look-Alikes Be a Problem?

Robert Goldenberg

Part 2. Chemosh as a Case Study

Chapter 6. Theological Approaches to the Problem of God’s Ancient Look-Alikes

Collin Cornell

Chapter 7. Chemosh Looks Like YHWH, but That’s Okay

Josey Bridges Snyder

Chapter 8. YHWH and Chemosh: An Investigation of Look-Alike Gods Using the Moral Foundations Theory

M. Patrick Graham

Chapter 9. YHWH, Chemosh, and the Rule of Faith

Brent A. Strawn

Chapter 10. Is There a Counterpart in the Hebrew Bible to New Testament Anti-Semitism?

Jon D. Levenson

Part 3. Other Case Studies

Chapter 11. Miqreh and YHWH: Fate, Chance, Simultaneity, and Providence

Stephen B. Chapman

Chapter 12. “Can a Woman Forget Her Nursing Child?” Divine Breastfeeding and the God of Israel

Christopher B. Hays

Chapter 13. Bulls and Horses, Gods and Goddesses: The Religious Iconography of Israel’s Neighbors

P. M. Michèle Daviau

List of Contributors

Index of Authors

Index of Scripture

Subject Index


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