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Studies in the Aramaic Legal Papyri from Elephantine

By: Yochanan Muffs

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Studies in the Aramaic Legal Papyri from Elephantine

By: Yochanan Muffs

Long recognized as a brilliant cross-cultural study, Yochanan Muffs’ work analyzes the legal formulary of the Aramaic papyri from Elephantine, at the first cataract of the Nile, where a Persian garrison comprised of Jewish soldiers and their families lived throughout most of the 5th century B.C.E. These documents are of exceptional importance for the study of ancient Near Eastern law, and Muffs has investigated their formative background through extensive references to cuneiform law, by a method he calls “the Assyriological approach”. Virtually every aspect of law-sale of land, marriage and family law, loans and credit, the taking of oaths, and the granting of bequests is studied in great depth and with unusual clarity. Muffs’ work has enjoyed renewed interest in the light of more recent discoveries of Aramaic legal documents from later periods, as in the Judean Desert.

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9004294236

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9789004294233

Personhood of God

Biblical Theology, Human Faith and the Divine Image

By: Dr. Yochanan Muffs

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Personhood of God

Biblical Theology, Human Faith and the Divine Image

By: Dr. Yochanan Muffs

A fascinating exploration of the many faces of God and what they reveal about our own humanity He was a whole pantheon in Himself.... He constantly appeared in many and ever-changing roles lest He be frozen and converted into the dumb idols He Himself despised. God was a polyvalent personality who, by mirroring to man His many faces, provided the models that man so needed to survive and flourish. This is the true humanity of God. —from the Introduction In scholarly but accessible terms, with many startling and controversial insights, renowned Bible scholar Dr. Yochanan Muffs examines the anthropomorphic evolution of the Divine Image—from creator of the cosmos to God the father, God the husband, God the king, God the "chess-player," God the ultimate master—and how these different images of God have shaped our faith and world view. Muffs also examines how expressions of divine power, divine will and divine love throughout the Bible have helped develop the contemporary human condition and our enriching dialectic between faith and doubt.

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Turner Publishing Company

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158023528X

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9781580235280

Studies in the Aramaic Legal Papyri from Elephantine

By: Yochanan Muffs

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Studies in the Aramaic Legal Papyri from Elephantine

Studies in the Aramaic Legal Papyri from Elephantine

Personhood of God

Personhood of God

Studies in the Aramaic Legal Papyri from Elephantine

Studies in the Aramaic Legal Papyri from Elephantine

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