Bodies, Embodiment, and Theology of the Hebrew Bible

by Kamionkowski, S. Tamar; Kim, Wonil

• ISBN13: 9780567547996
• ISBN10: 056754799X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-20
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark

Summary

This collection brings consideration of the human body onto the grid of theological studies.   To what extent did the biblical authors portray God as having a body or body parts?Secondly, how is the dynamic of a human relationship to the divine m

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
God's Biblical Bodies
Heavenly Bodies: God and the Body in the Vision S of Daniel	p. 13
ôLike a Warriorö and ôLike a Woman Giving Birthö: Expressing Divine Immanence and Transcendence in Isaiah 42:10-17	p. 38
The Inadequacies of Yahweh: A Re-Examination of Jerusalem's Portrayal in Ezekiel 16	p. 57
Human Biblical Bodies
Embodying Deuteronomistic Theology in 1 Kings 15:22-24	p. 77
Profaning the Body: and the Conception of Loss of Personal Holiness in H	p. 90
Sexual Pollution in the Hebrew Bible: A New Perspective	p. 114
Emotion, Embodiment, and Ethics: Engaging Anger in Genesis	p. 146
Divine Bodies, Human Bodies, and Today's Reader
Divine Embodiment in the Hebrew Bible and Some Implications for Jewish and Christian Incarnational Theologies	p. 161
The Contribution of Tamar's Story to the Construction of Alternative African Masculinities	p. 184
Does God Have a Body? The Problem of Metaphor and Literal Language in Biblical Interpretation	p. 201
Index of References	p. 238
Index of Authors	p. 246
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