Mark S. Smith is Helena Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis at Princeton Theological Seminary. His other books include The Memoirs of God: History, Memory, and the Experience of the Divine and Where the Gods Are: Spatial Dimensions of Anthropomorphism in the Biblical World.
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Robert R. Wilson -- Yale University "A magisterial treatment of the development of Israelite monotheism throughout the entire biblical period. . . . The starting point for much new research." Karel van der Toorn -- University of Amsterdam "This is an amazing book. Mark Smith takes the reader inside the intellectual universe of ancient Israel and its neighbors in a search for the possibilities of cultural translation. Learned, thoroughly researched, and written in clear and sober prose, this study defines a new level in our understanding of ancient Near Eastern theological thought." Bibliotheca Orientalis "This important study deserves a wide public and more than just the attention of the specialists in this field."