{"product_id":"the-god-of-old-inside-the-lost-world-of-the-bible-9780743235853","title":"The God of Old: Inside the Lost World of the Bible","description":"Our notion of God today -- all-powerful, invisible, and omnipresent -- is not the same as the God of the Hebrew Bible. So who is this God of Old? And what is His place in the modern spiritual world? \u003cbr\u003e James Kugel is renowned for his investigations into the history of the biblical era, a time beginning more than three thousand years ago, when the Bible's earliest parts first took shape. With \u003ci\u003eThe God of Old, \u003c\/i\u003e Kugel goes even deeper, attempting to enter the pages of the Old Testament and see God as the Israelites first encountered him. \u003cbr\u003e The God of Old appeared to people unexpectedly; He was not sought out. Often He was not even recognized, at first mistaken for an ordinary human being. The realm of the divine was not as it is today -- a spiritual dimension set off from the material world. The spiritual and the material overlapped, and the realm of the dead was a real domain just beyond the world of the living. Ordinary reality was in constant danger of sliding into something else, something stark but oddly familiar. And God was always standing just behind the curtain of the everyday world. \u003cbr\u003e In this groundbreaking study, Kugel suggests that this alternative spirituality is not simply an archaic relic, replaced by a better understanding. Kugel's picture of the God of Old has much to tell us about God's very nature, and about the encounter between Him and human beings in today's world. \u003cbr\u003e A book to treasure side by side with the Bible, \u003ci\u003eThe God of Old\u003c\/i\u003e is sure to engage scholars and spiritual seekers alike for years to come\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James L. Kugel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.59h x 5.43w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743235853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/04\/2004 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/17\/2005 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames L. Kugel served as the Starr Professor of Hebrew at Harvard from 1982 to 2003, where his course on the Bible was regularly one of the most popular on campus, enrolling more than nine hundred students. A specialist in the Hebrew Bible and its interpretation, he now lives in Jerusalem. His recent books include \u003ci\u003eThe God of Old, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn the Valley of the Shadow \u003c\/i\u003eand the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eThe Great Change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40696616190067,"sku":"9.78074E+12","price":22.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4bbbb96a-c00e-4ddf-8c77-9da98bd2d6e8.jpg?v=1675782093","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-god-of-old-inside-the-lost-world-of-the-bible-9780743235853","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}