The Incarnation of God: The Character of Divinity in Formative Judaism

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Global Academic Publishing, 2001 - Religion - 295 pages
Advancing his monumental study of formative Judaism further, Jacob Neusner examines the notion of divine incarnations as a central element of the portrait of God that came into focus through the Judaism of the dual Torah. In dealing with his concept—which is obviously critical for Christian theology also—Neusner shows how God was described in allusions and narratives as corporeal, exhibiting traits of emotions like those of human beings, and doing deeds that women and men do.

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Contents

Introduction to the 2001 Edition
xiii
Preface
li
Prologue
1
PART
9
The Character of Divinity the Classification of Evidence
22
PART
47
Sifra sifré to Numbers and Sifré to Deu
73
Tractate Avot
82
PART THREE
101
Genesis Rabbah Leviticus Rabbah and
125
The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan
150
PART FOUR
163
the Dual Torah 500600
184
Incarnation through Narrative
201
Index of Subjects
231
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The author, Jacob Neusner, is Research Professor of Religion and Theology at Bard College. Dr. Neusner has published more than seven-hundred-fifty books and holds twenty honorary degrees and academic medals from academic institutions worldwide.

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