The Encounter with the Divine in Mesopotamia and Israel
While most of its contemporary religions have faded away, Israelite religion continues to have a major influence in the world. First delivered in 1975 as a Jordan Lecture in Comparative Religion, this volume argues that in its beginnings Israelite religion had much in common with ancient Mesopotamian religion and suggests that its endurance is due to its dynamic development of the concepts it shared with other religions.
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The Encounter with the Divine in Mesopotamia and Israel
While most of its contemporary religions have faded away, Israelite religion continues to have a major influence in the world. First delivered in 1975 as a Jordan Lecture in Comparative Religion, this volume argues that in its beginnings Israelite religion had much in common with ancient Mesopotamian religion and suggests that its endurance is due to its dynamic development of the concepts it shared with other religions.
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The Encounter with the Divine in Mesopotamia and Israel

The Encounter with the Divine in Mesopotamia and Israel

by H. W. F. Saggs
The Encounter with the Divine in Mesopotamia and Israel

The Encounter with the Divine in Mesopotamia and Israel

by H. W. F. Saggs

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Overview

While most of its contemporary religions have faded away, Israelite religion continues to have a major influence in the world. First delivered in 1975 as a Jordan Lecture in Comparative Religion, this volume argues that in its beginnings Israelite religion had much in common with ancient Mesopotamian religion and suggests that its endurance is due to its dynamic development of the concepts it shared with other religions.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781474280839
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 10/06/2016
Series: Religious Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

H. W. F. Saggs was Chair of Semitic Languages at Cardiff University, UK.

Table of Contents

1. A Matter of Method
2. The Divine in Creation
3. The Divine in History
4. The Divine in Relation to Good and Evil
5. Communication with the Divine
6. Universalism
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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