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God : an anatomy / Francesca Stavrakopoulou.

by Stavrakopoulou, Francesca.

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Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.

Masculinity of God -- History of doctrines.

Masculinity of God.

Theological anthropology.

9780525520450 (hc.)

1st American ed.

ix, 592 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-542) and index.

"This astonishing and revelatory history represents God as he was originally envisioned by ancient worshippers -- with a distinctly male body, superhuman powers, earthly passions, and a penchant for the fantastic and monstrous. Theologians tell us that the God of the Bible was without a body, revealing himself in the Old Testament in words mysteriously uttered through his prophets, and in the New Testament in the person of Christ. The portrayal of God as physical and masculine has been seen as merely metaphorical, figurative, or poetic. But as Francesca Stavrakopoulou reveals in this fascinating study, that was not always the case. (...)"--Jacket.

Francesca Stavrakopoulou is a professor of Hebrew Bible and ancient religion at the University of Exeter. A graduate of Oxford University, her focus is in the history of ancient Israel and Judah -- she has also worked in television on the BBC and Channel 4, presenting shows on the historicity of the Bible and the Hebrew Bible, the role of women in biblical times and the development of the biblical text. She lives in Exeter, England.

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