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Moses among the Idols : Mediators of the Divine in the Ancient near East.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781978700314
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Moses among the IdolsDDC classification:
  • 202.18
LOC classification:
  • MLCM 2022/44890 (B)
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction. An Iconic Understanding of Moses -- Chapter One. From Idle to Idol -- Chapter Two. From Misfit to Mediator -- Chapter Three. Circumcising the Mouth of Moses -- Chapter Four. A Suitable Emblem of Divinity -- Chapter Five. Mouth to Mouth -- Conclusion. Still No Graven Image -- Bibliography -- Topic Index -- Index of Biblical Citations -- About the Author.
Summary: In this book, Amy L. Balogh brings together comparative religion, Assyriology, and biblical studies to illuminate the status of the Hebrew Bible's most important figure--Moses. Through comparison with ancient Mesopotamian idols, she reads Moses as YHWH's idol, offering a new paradigm for understanding divine-human mediation in the ancient Near East.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction. An Iconic Understanding of Moses -- Chapter One. From Idle to Idol -- Chapter Two. From Misfit to Mediator -- Chapter Three. Circumcising the Mouth of Moses -- Chapter Four. A Suitable Emblem of Divinity -- Chapter Five. Mouth to Mouth -- Conclusion. Still No Graven Image -- Bibliography -- Topic Index -- Index of Biblical Citations -- About the Author.

In this book, Amy L. Balogh brings together comparative religion, Assyriology, and biblical studies to illuminate the status of the Hebrew Bible's most important figure--Moses. Through comparison with ancient Mesopotamian idols, she reads Moses as YHWH's idol, offering a new paradigm for understanding divine-human mediation in the ancient Near East.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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