Gods and Humans in the Ancient Near East
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1108490549
ISBN-13
9781108490542
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Print length
350 Pages
Weight
552 grams
Dimensions
15.80 x 23.70 x 0.20 cms
Ksh 15,650.00
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This book explores the relationship between gods and humans and between the divine nature and human nature in the Ancient Near East. It will appeal to scholars and students interested in the history, philosophy, theology and anthropology of the Near Eastern or biblical world.
In this book, Tyson Putthoff explores the relationship between gods and humans, and between divine nature and human nature, in the Ancient Near East. In this world, gods lived among humans. The two groups shared the world with one another, each playing a special role in maintaining order in the cosmos. Humans also shared aspects of a godlike nature. Even in their natural condition, humans enjoyed a taste of the divine state. Indeed, gods not only lived among humans, but also they lived inside them, taking up residence in the physical body. As such, human nature was actually a composite of humanity and divinity. Putthoff offers new insights into the ancients'' understanding of humanity''s relationship with the gods, providing a comparative study of this phenomenon from the third millennium BCE to the first century CE.
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