| Bodies, Embodiment, and Theology of the Hebrew Bible Contributor(s): Kamionkowski, S. Tamar (Editor), Kim, Wonil (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0567688305 ISBN-13: 9780567688309 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $46.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament - Religion | Sexuality & Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 221.6 |
| Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.82 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recognizing that human experience is very much influenced by inhabiting bodies, the past decade has seen a surge in studies about representation of bodies in religious experience and human imaginations regarding the Divine. The understanding of embodiment as central to human experience has made a big impact within religious studies particularly in contemporary Christian theology, feminist, cultural and ideological criticism and anthropological approaches to the Hebrew Bible. Within the sub-field of theology of the Hebrew Bible, the conversation is still dominated by assumptions that the God of the Hebrew Bible does not have a body and that embodiment of the divine is a new concept introduced outside of the Hebrew Bible. To a great extent, the insights regarding how body discourse can communicate information have not yet been incorporated into theological studies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kamionkowski, S. Tamar: - Tamar Kamionkowski, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Bible and Academic Dean of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. She is the author of Gender Reversal and Cosmic Chaos: Studies in the Book of Ezekiel. Andrew Mein is Tutor in Old Testament, Westcott House, Cambridge. |