Bodies, Embodiment, and Theology of the Hebrew Bible
Author | : S. Tamar Kamionkowski |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2010-05-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780567212634 |
ISBN-13 | : 0567212637 |
Rating | : 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Download or read book Bodies, Embodiment, and Theology of the Hebrew Bible written by S. Tamar Kamionkowski and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-05-20 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognizing that human experience is very much influenced by inhabiting bodies, the past decade has seen a surge in studies about representation of bodies in religious experience and human imaginations regarding the Divine. The understanding of embodiment as central to human experience has made a big impact within religious studies particularly in contemporary Christian theology, feminist, cultural and ideological criticism and anthropological approaches to the Hebrew Bible. Within the sub-field of theology of the Hebrew Bible, the conversation is still dominated by assumptions that the God of the Hebrew Bible does not have a body and that embodiment of the divine is a new concept introduced outside of the Hebrew Bible. To a great extent, the insights regarding how body discourse can communicate information have not yet been incorporated into theological studies.