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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Free Pr
Publication date
June 1, 2004
Pages
270
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780743235853
ISBN-10
0743235851
Dimensions
1 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.58 lbs.
Original list price
$18.99
Other format details
religious
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The Exodus | The Divine and the Human | The Bible As It Was | The Access Bible | Who Wrote the Bible? | The Historical Figure of Jesus | How to Read the Bible
The Exodus | The Divine and the Human | The Bible As It Was | The Access Bible | Who Wrote the Bible? | The Historical Figure of Jesus | How to Read the Bible
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A portrait of God as envisioned by early Israelites describes Him as an accessible inhabitant of a parallel spiritual world who was human-like in appearance and who often made Himself known to people. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Our notion of God today -- all-powerful, invisible, and omnipresent -- is not the same as the God of the Hebrew Bible. So who is this "God of Old?" And what is His place in the modern spiritual world?
James Kugel is renowned for his investigations into the history of the biblical era, a time beginning more than three thousand years ago, when the Bible's earliest parts first took shape. With The God of Old, Kugel goes even deeper, attempting to enter the pages of the Old Testament and see God as the Israelites first encountered him.
The God of Old appeared to people unexpectedly; He was not sought out. Often He was not even recognized, at first mistaken for an ordinary human being. The realm of the divine was not as it is today -- a spiritual dimension set off from the material world. The spiritual and the material overlapped, and the realm of the dead was a real domain just beyond the world of the living. Ordinary reality was in constant danger of sliding into something else, something stark but oddly familiar. And God was always standing just behind the curtain of the everyday world.
In this groundbreaking study, Kugel suggests that this alternative spirituality is not simply an archaic relic, replaced by a "better" understanding. Kugel's picture of the God of Old has much to tell us about God's very nature, and about the encounter between Him and human beings in today's world.
A book to treasure side by side with the Bible, The God of Old is sure to engage scholars and spiritual seekers alike for years to come.
James Kugel is renowned for his investigations into the history of the biblical era, a time beginning more than three thousand years ago, when the Bible's earliest parts first took shape. With The God of Old, Kugel goes even deeper, attempting to enter the pages of the Old Testament and see God as the Israelites first encountered him.
The God of Old appeared to people unexpectedly; He was not sought out. Often He was not even recognized, at first mistaken for an ordinary human being. The realm of the divine was not as it is today -- a spiritual dimension set off from the material world. The spiritual and the material overlapped, and the realm of the dead was a real domain just beyond the world of the living. Ordinary reality was in constant danger of sliding into something else, something stark but oddly familiar. And God was always standing just behind the curtain of the everyday world.
In this groundbreaking study, Kugel suggests that this alternative spirituality is not simply an archaic relic, replaced by a "better" understanding. Kugel's picture of the God of Old has much to tell us about God's very nature, and about the encounter between Him and human beings in today's world.
A book to treasure side by side with the Bible, The God of Old is sure to engage scholars and spiritual seekers alike for years to come.
Editions
Hardcover
from Free Pr (March 1, 2003)
9780743235846 | details & prices | 288 pages | 5.25 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $25.00
About: A portrait of God as envisioned by early Israelites describes him as an accessible inhabitant of a parallel spiritual world who was human-like in appearance and who often made himself known to people.
About: A portrait of God as envisioned by early Israelites describes him as an accessible inhabitant of a parallel spiritual world who was human-like in appearance and who often made himself known to people.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Free Pr (June 1, 2004)
9780743235853 | details & prices | 270 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.58 lbs | List price $18.99
About: A portrait of God as envisioned by early Israelites describes Him as an accessible inhabitant of a parallel spiritual world who was human-like in appearance and who often made Himself known to people.
About: A portrait of God as envisioned by early Israelites describes Him as an accessible inhabitant of a parallel spiritual world who was human-like in appearance and who often made Himself known to people.
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