God : an anatomy
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Format
Book
Edition
First American edition.
ISBN
9780525520450
Physical Desc
ix, 592 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
Status
Morris County Library - Adult Nonfiction
231.4 STA
1 available
231.4 STA
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Morris County Library - Adult Nonfiction | 231.4 STA | Available |
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Bernardsville Public Library - Adult Nonfiction | 231 STA | Available |
Chatham Borough-Chatham Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 231.4 STA | Available |
Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Adult Nonfiction | 231.4 Stavrakopoulou | Available |
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780525520450
Notes
General Note
"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-542) and index.
Description
"An astonishing and revelatory history that re-presents God as he was originally envisioned by ancient worshippers--with a distinctly male body, and with superhuman powers, earthly passions, and a penchant for the fantastic and monstrous. The scholarshipof theology and religion teaches us that the God of the Bible was without a body, only revealing himself in the Old Testament in words mysteriously uttered through his prophets, and in the New Testament in the body of Christ. The portrayal of God as corporeal and masculine is seen as merely metaphorical, figurative, or poetic. But, in this revelatory study, Francesca Stavrakopoulou presents a vividly corporeal image of God: a human-shaped deity who walks and talks and weeps and laughs, who eats, sleeps, feels, and breathes, and who is undeniably male. Here is a portrait--arrived at through the author's close examination of and research into the Bible--of a god in ancient myths and rituals who was a product of a particular society, at a particular time, made in the image of the people who lived then, shaped by their own circumstances and experience of the world. 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"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Stavrakopoulou, F. (2022). God: an anatomy (First American edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stavrakopoulou, Francesca. 2022. God: An Anatomy. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stavrakopoulou, Francesca. God: An Anatomy Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Stavrakopoulou, Francesca. God: An Anatomy First American edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
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