Book contents
- Gods and Humans in the Ancient Near East
- Gods and Humans in the Ancient Near East
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Godlike Bodies and Radiant Souls
- 3 Composite Beings and Sexy God-Kings
- 4 Metallic Bodies and Deification by Ingestion
- 5 YHWH and His Theomorphic Body
- 6 Divinity for All
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - Conclusion
Gods and Humans, Gods in Humans
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 October 2020
- Gods and Humans in the Ancient Near East
- Gods and Humans in the Ancient Near East
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Godlike Bodies and Radiant Souls
- 3 Composite Beings and Sexy God-Kings
- 4 Metallic Bodies and Deification by Ingestion
- 5 YHWH and His Theomorphic Body
- 6 Divinity for All
- 7 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter seven concludes this study. I begin the conclusion with a chapter-by-chapter summary of what we have found in the foregoing chapters. After this, I offer a more synthetic analysis of near eastern and Mediterranean ideas about the human self and its relationship to the divine. I also offer some thoughts on the implications of my study on near eastern and biblical studies, as well as on the study of early Judaism and Christianity.
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- Gods and Humans in the Ancient Near East , pp. 190 - 198Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020