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Beautifully written, passionately argued and frequently controversial, God: An Anatomy is cultural history on a grand scale. But as Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou reveals, God’s cultural DNA stretches back centuries before the Bible was written, and persists in the tics and twitches of our own society, whether we are believers or not. She lives in Exeter, England. Format/pages: hardback / 592 pages ''Rivetingly fresh and stunning'' - Sunday Times''One of the most remarkable historians and communicators working today'' - Dan Snow From head to toe—and every part of the body in between—this is a god of stunning surprise and complexity, one we have never encountered before. [A] rollicking journey through every aspect of Yahweh's body, from top to bottom (yes, that too) and from inside out . Year: 2022
Product Details
- 77 x 1.
- ISBN-13: 9780525520450
- 25 grams
- Item Weight: 992.
- Language: English
Reviews
Ruth in CA
Although Professor Stavrakopoule never suggests the latter, her book suggests to me that these gods were not just figments of the human imagination. . These ancient sky gods could exhibit good human qualities such as wisdom, but mostly they exhibited human weaknesses such as greed, hatred, jealousy, and uncontrollable anger.
Ivy Windsong Collins
The question therefore to me is why these sky gods were portrayed in this way? Suggestions in the biblical text of a tradition that Yahweh is Cain's dad, not Adam (page 155). Possibly they were inspired by severe weather and climate conditions as many are associated with stormy weather.
Joseph Bonnar
Despite the fact that this book fell apart before I was half finished reading, it is truly worthy. Spectacular Cometary activity is another possible cause as it is likely this was a far more frequent and terrifying phenomena in the past than it is today. The god of the bible was no different. (Edit: They refunded my money.
) One of God's names, "El Shaddai", traditionally translated "God Almighty", seems to derive from a group of mischievous local mountain deities called the Shadday gods according to an inscription found in a 1967 archaeological discovery (page 21).
She demonstrates quite well that the God of the Bible started life as such a sky god. Do not hide your face from me.
Professor Stavrakopoule's book demonstrates how ancient mythologies frequently represented their sky gods as powerful, but flawed human beings. Knowing it would fall apart I'd still buy it because the words are worth it. I do think the publisher should give us all the Kindle version for free though. Yahweh's ex-wife Asherah (page 148 and *many* others).
" Psalm 27:8) involved worship of an actual statue depicting Yahweh (page 314). Tantalizing hints that at some early point references to looking at or seeking God's face (such as "Your face, LORD, do I seek. Her book suggests to me that these ancient sky gods were inspired by something actually seen in the the sky, which filled ancient peoples with fear and terror!
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