In His own image and likeness : : humanity, divinity, and monotheism / / by W. Randall Garr.

• Superior document: Culture and history of the ancient Near East, v. 15
• Author: Garr, W. Randall.
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 15.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (329 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book is about nothing less than Genesis 1, or human creation. Humanity, the author convincingly argues, is created within the Priestly tradition as a replacement of God's divine community; human creation marks the decisive moment that P's God separates himself from other gods and institutes monotheism. After discussing the references of God's self-inclusive yet plural first person speech and examining the ramifications of this speech pattern in other biblical texts, Randall Garr discusses the divine-human relationship as it is represented by carefully analysing the prepositions and nouns that characterize it. After highlighting some themes and theological concepts elaborated in Gen 1, it clearly situates the creation of humanity within the programmatic agenda of the Priestly tradition.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / W. RANDALL GARR -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / W. RANDALL GARR -- NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS AND CITATIONS / W. RANDALL GARR -- ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS / W. RANDALL GARR -- PREFACE / W. RANDALL GARR -- GOD AND THE GODS / W. RANDALL GARR -- THE PLURAL PRONOUNS / W. RANDALL GARR -- הבה /‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪ W. RANDALL GARR -- GEN 11:7 / W. RANDALL GARR -- GODS / W. RANDALL GARR -- GEN 1:26 / W. RANDALL GARR -- THE DIVINE-HUMAN RELATIONSHIP / W. RANDALL GARR -- THE PREPOSITIONS כ AND ב /‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪ W. RANDALL GARR -- THE NOUNS דמות AND צלם /‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪ W. RANDALL GARR -- CREATING THE WORLD / W. RANDALL GARR -- THE PRIESTLY COSMOGONY / W. RANDALL GARR -- GOD'S VICTORY OVER THE GODS, AND THE ELEVATION OF THE HUMAN RACE / W. RANDALL GARR -- BIBLIOGRAPHY / W. RANDALL GARR -- TEXT INDEX / W. RANDALL GARR -- WORD INDEX / W. RANDALL GARR -- AUTHOR INDEX / W. RANDALL GARR -- CULTURE AND HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST / W. RANDALL GARR.