Peoples of an Almighty God Competing Religions in the Ancient World

Name: Peoples of an Almighty God
Author: Jonathan Goldstein

Auteur: Jonathan Goldstein

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Jonathan Goldstein

Engels
Hardcover
9780385423472
01 november 2001
575 pagina's

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Jonathan Goldstein

Jonathan Goldstein is the award-winning author of I'll Seize the Day Tomorrow and Lenny Bruce is Dead. His work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Ready-Made, and the New York Times. He's a contributing editor to NPR's This American Life, where his work is regularly featured. He lives in Montreal.

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Some ancient civilizations, notably the Babylonians and the Israelites, held fast to the belief that their particular god (or gods) were stronger than all other heavenly powers and gods combined, supremely able to protect their well-being and success as a nation. This belief (which resounds in the modern-day rallying cry God is on our side ) led to some foolhardy and rash decisions, particularly when it came to war. For a nation defeated or conquered by a foreign power inevitably faced the profound, perplexing question: Why did our God, who has sworn to protect us, allow this to happen? Jonathan A. Goldstein turns to the religious literature of these ancient peoples to discover how they reconciled their beliefs with the realities of history. In a magnificent blend of several academic disciples (literary criticism, political theory, biblical and classical history), he compares and contrasts the responses of different eras and nations - from the Israelites, Babylonians, and Egyptians to the Zoroastrians, Iranians, and Persians under Alexander the Great. Goldstein's close readings of literature written following such devastating events as the fall of the Israelites to the Assyrians and the Babylonians demonstrate that theology, far from being a static and unchanging set of beliefs, evolves with the course of history. Revealing how each defeat helped to shape and define the religious beliefs of the conquered, Peoples of an Almighty God clearly demonstrates that no belief can remain unchanged or untouched by the beliefs of other people.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 november 2001
Aantal pagina's: 575
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Hoofdauteur: Jonathan Goldstein
Hoofduitgeverij: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc

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Verpakking breedte: 186 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 36 mm
Verpakking lengte: 221 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 862 g

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Categorieën: Religie, Spiritualiteit & Filosofie

Religie

Christendom

Theologie & Religieuze kwesties

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Taal: Engels
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