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  • 7 - Conclusion

  • Tyson L. Putthoff, University of Oklahoma
  • Book:
    Gods and Humans in the Ancient Near East
    Published online:
    28 October 2020
    Print publication:
    05 November 2020, pp 190-198

  • 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.

  • Imaging the Divine: Idolatry and God's Body in the Book of Acts

  • Brittany E. Wilson
  • Journal:
    New Testament Studies / Volume 65 / Issue 3 / July 2019
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    02 May 2019, pp. 353-370
    Print publication:
    July 2019

  • This article problematises the widespread assumption that the God of early Christianity is an invisible God. This assumption is found in both popular and academic discourse and often appeals to biblical critiques of divine images to make its case. Yet while Hebrew Bible scholars have recently questioned this axiomatic belief, New Testament scholars have yet to do the same. To address this oversight, this article first looks at divine images and idol polemic in the ancient world and then turns to Luke's depiction of divine images in the book of Acts as a test case. Here I demonstrate how Acts depicts God as a visible – and even embodied – being, while at the same time critiquing visual representations of the divine. With Acts, we find that not all Christians ‘imaged’ God as invisible.