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Generations of Christians, Janet Soskice demonstrates, once knew God and Christ by hundreds of remarkable names. These included the appellations 'Messiah', 'Emmanuel', 'Alpha', 'Omega', 'Eternal', 'All-Powerful', 'Lamb', 'Lion', 'Goat', 'One', 'Word', 'Serpent' and 'Bridegroom'. In her much-anticipated new book, Soskice argues that contemporary understandings of divinity could be transformed by a return to a venerable analogical tradition of divine naming. These ancient titles - drawn from scripture - were chanted and sung, crafted and invoked (in polyphony and plainsong) as they were woven into the worship of the faithful. However, during the sixteenth century Descartes moved from 'naming' to 'defining' God via a series of metaphysical attributes. This made God a thing among things: a being amongst beings. For the author, reclaiming divine naming is not only overdue. It can also re-energize the relationship between philosophy and religious tradition. This path-breaking book shows just how rich and revolutionary such reclamation might be.

God (Christianity) --- Theology. --- Name. --- Attributes.

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Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- figures [representations] --- figure-derived form attributes

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"Der Mensch kann nur von Gott reden, indem er implizit oder explizit Vorstellungen von ihm hat, sich sozusagen ein "Bild" von ihm macht. Das Alte Testament kennt eine Vielfalt an solchen Bildern. Während anthropomorphe Vorstellungen häufig sind, dienen Tiere nur selten als Sprachbildspender. Die Tiergestaltigkeit Gottes im Alten Testament wird als Randgebiet der Forschung oft mit Unbehagen oder gar nicht beachtet. Häufig scheint sogar die Meinung vorzuherrschen, dass es keine Vorstellung von Gott in Tiergestalt im Alten Testament gebe. Aber nicht nur in der Umwelt des alten Israel sind Götterdarstellungen in Tiergestalt häufig anzutreffen, sondern auch das Alte Testament selbst kennt solche Motive, die in der vorliegenden Arbeit erstmals systematisch untersucht werden."

Zoomorphism --- God --- Animals in the Bible --- Animals --- Attributes --- Symbolic aspects --- Biblical teaching --- Bible --- Theology

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Dans son " Mémorial ", Pascal oppose le " Dieu d'Abraham, Dieu d'Isaac, Dieu de Jacob ", au " Dieu des philosophes et des savants ". Mais faut-il dresser l'un contre l'autre le Dieu créateur, pensé à partir de son ouvrage, et le " Dieu d'amour et de consolation " (Pensées, Lafuma 449)? Le Dieu conçu par la raison s'oppose-t-il au Dieu révélé dans la Bible et le Coran ? Faut-il les identifier, comme saint Paul, les articuler, comme Augustin, ou les opposer, comme Luther ? L'éclairage de spécialistes de l'Antiquité, du Moyen Age et de l'époque moderne, ainsi que d'historiens des trois religions du Livre, permet d'apporter un éclairage comparatiste sur ces questions.

Dieu --- Révélation --- Théologie et philosophie. --- Religions abrahamiques. --- Attributs. --- Judaïsme --- Judaisme. --- Islam. --- God --- Revelation --- Philosophy and religion --- Theism --- Philosophie antique --- Théologie et philosophie --- Philosophie médiévale --- Religions abrahamiques --- Attributes --- Attributs --- Islam --- Religious studies --- Comparative religion

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"This book is the first in-depth comparative analysis of envy, jealousy, and vengefulness experienced by divine personalities in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Greek texts, and the functions served by attributing negative emotions and traits to one's gods. Readers are informed about the vigorous debates concerning the nature of emotion, a field with rapidly growing interest, including the specific emotions of envy, jealousy, and vengefulness. The book charts the complex, multi-faceted presentation of divine beings in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Greek literature, including their negative emotions. While the detailed readings of key biblical and Greek texts can stand on their own, Lasine's comparative analyses allow readers to appreciate the uniqueness of each tradition. Finally, examining the functions served by envisioning one's God or gods as jealous, envious and vengeful offers readers a fresh perspective on biblical theology and the ways in which Greek poets and dramatists imagined the nature of their deities. Divine Envy, Jealousy, and Vengefulness in Ancient Israel and Greece is intended for biblical, classical, and literary scholars, as well as the general reader interested in the Hebrew Bible and/or ancient Greek literature".

God (Judaism) --- Greek literature --- Gods, Greek --- Emotions in literature --- Jealousy in literature --- Envy in literature --- Revenge in literature --- Attributes --- Biblical teaching --- History and criticism --- Bible. --- Antico Testamento --- Hebrew Bible --- Hebrew Scriptures --- Kitve-ḳodesh --- Miḳra --- Old Testament --- Palaia Diathēkē --- Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa --- Sean-Tiomna --- Stary Testament --- Tanakh --- Tawrāt --- Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim --- Torah, Neviʼim u-Khetuvim --- Velho Testamento --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Greek gods --- Gods, Greek. --- Emotions in literature. --- Jealousy in literature. --- Envy in literature. --- Revenge in literature. --- Biblical teaching. --- History and criticism. --- Bible