Jerusalem and the One God: A Religious History - Softcover

Keel, Othmar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1451478186 ISBN 13: 9781451478181

Publisher: Fortress Press, 2017

Synopsis

Jerusalem, with its turbulent history, is without doubt one of the best-known cities of the world. A long line of foreign powers have ruled over it, from as far back as biblical times. But the city owes its importance not to them but to the fact that it is the birthplace of the monotheistic currents that shape Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Othmar Keel sketches in broad brush strokes the historical development of Israelite-Jewish monotheism in and around Jerusalem, arguing that monotheism is "a product of the city, not of the desert," and describes its integration of polytheistic symbols and perceptions into its worldview. Keel relies on biblical and extrabiblical texts as well as the rich iconographic evidence of archaeological discoveries. Abundant maps and sketches of archaeological artifacts enhance his argument.

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About the Author

Othmar Keel is professor emeritus of Old Testament and the biblical world on the Catholic theological faculty of the University of Fribourg and president of the Bibel + Orient Institute. He is author of the two-volume Geschichte Jerusalems und die Entstehung des Monotheismus (2007), on which this volume is based, as well as author of Gods, Goddesses, and Images of God (Fortress Press, 1998).

Brent A. Strawn is professor of Old Testament at Emory University's Candler School of Theology and the co-editor of Iconographic Exegesis of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible (2015), among other studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1451478186
• ISBN 13: 9781451478181
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 282
• Editor: Strawn Brent A.