{"product_id":"the-invention-of-god-9780674504974","title":"The Invention of God","description":"\u003cp\u003eWho invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas Römer seeks to answer these questions about the deity of the great monotheisms--Yhwh, God, or Allah--by tracing Israelite beliefs and their context from the Bronze Age to the end of the Old Testament period in the third century BCE. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat we can address such enigmatic questions at all may come as a surprise. But as Römer makes clear, a wealth of evidence allows us to piece together a reliable account of the origins and evolution of the god of Israel. Römer draws on a long tradition of historical, philological, and exegetical work and on recent discoveries in archaeology and epigraphy to locate the origins of Yhwh in the early Iron Age, when he emerged somewhere in Edom or in the northwest of the Arabian peninsula as a god of the wilderness and of storms and war. He became the sole god of Israel and Jerusalem in fits and starts as other gods, including the mother goddess Asherah, were gradually sidelined. But it was not until a major catastrophe--the destruction of Jerusalem and Judah--that Israelites came to worship Yhwh as the one god of all, creator of heaven and earth, who nevertheless proclaimed a special relationship with Judaism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA masterpiece of detective work and exposition by one of the world's leading experts on the Hebrew Bible, \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of God\u003c\/i\u003e casts a clear light on profoundly important questions that are too rarely asked, let alone answered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Römer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674504974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRömer, Thomas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Thomas Römer is Professor of the Hebrew Bible at the Collège de France and Professor at the University of Lausanne.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeuss, Raymond:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Raymond Geuss is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. His books include \u003ci\u003eChanging the Subject\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReality and Its Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWho Needs a World View?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43128125948019,"sku":"9.78067E+12","price":55.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_16861f6d-ef06-4716-846c-4302e6519822.jpg?v=1749731151","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-invention-of-god-9780674504974","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}