Bodies, Embodiment, and Theology of the Hebrew Bible

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. >

About the author

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.

Wonil Kim, Ph. D., is Associate Professor of Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament at the School of Religion, La Sierra University.

Wonil Kim, Ph. D., is Associate Professor of Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament at the School of Religion, La Sierra University

Summary

A collection that brings consideration of the human body onto the grid of theological studies. It explores three primary clusters of questions: To what extent did the biblical authors portray God as having a body or body parts? How does the medium of divine embodiment help ancient authors to express God beliefs?

Product details

• Authors: S Tamar Kamionkowski, S. Tamar (EDT)/ Kim Kamionkowski, Tamar S. Kamionkowski, Wonil Kim
• Assisted by: S. Tamar Kamionkowski (Editor), Wonil Kim (Editor), Kim Wonil (Editor), Andrew Mein (Editor)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.07.2010
• EAN: 9780567547996
• ISBN: 978-0-567-54799-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Te; Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Te; The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Theology, Christianity, Hebrew, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, Biblical Studies & Exegesis