In His Own Image and Likeness: Humanity, Divinity, and Monotheism

IN HIS OWN IMAGE AND LIKENESS: Humanity, Divinity, and Monotheism......Page 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Note on Translations and Citations......Page 12
Abbreviations and Symbols......Page 14
Preface......Page 22
PART I: GOD AND THE GODS......Page 36
1. THE PLURAL PRONOUNS......Page 38
2.1. Isolating Nonliteral הבה......Page 44
2.2. Interpretations of Nonliteral הבה......Page 48
2.3. [hbh] and Gen 38:16......Page 49
2.4. The Pragmatic Character of the הבה Clause......Page 54
2.5. Form-Critical Analysis of the הבה Clause......Page 59
3. GEN 11:7......Page 66
4.1. Gods in the Yahwist and Elohist Traditions......Page 72
4.2. Gods Elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible......Page 86
5. GEN 1:26......Page 106
PART II: THE DIVINE-HUMAN RELATIONSHIP......Page 114
6. THE PREPOSITIONS כ AND ב......Page 116
6.1. [k]......Page 117
6.2. [b]......Page 125
6.3. [k] and [b]......Page 132
7. THE NOUNS דמות AND צלם......Page 138
7.1. [dmwt]......Page 139
7.2. [ṣlm]......Page 153
7.3 [dmwt] and [ṣlm]......Page 186
PART 3: CREATING THE WORLD......Page 198
8. THE PRIESTLY COSMOGONY......Page 200
8.1. Exercising Creative Control......Page 202
8.2. Separation and Differentiation......Page 204
8.3. Harmonic Order......Page 207
8.4. Imposing Rule......Page 212
9. GOD’S VICTORY OVER THE GODS, AND THE ELEVATION OF THE HUMAN RACE......Page 222
9.1. The Gods and Their Demise......Page 223
9.2. God’s Rule......Page 233
9.3. Imitatio Dei et deorum......Page 240
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 262
TEXT INDEX......Page 300
WORD INDEX......Page 312
AUTHOR INDEX......Page 314