{"product_id":"god-in-translation-deities-in-cross-cultural-discourse-in-the-biblical-world-9780802864338","title":"God in Translation: Deities in Cross-Cultural Discourse in the Biblical World","description":"The Hebrew Bible has long been understood as condemning foreign deities. While many biblical texts do condemn other deities, many other passages show how early Israelites sometimes accepted the reality of deities worshiped by other peoples. Looking closely both at relevant biblical texts and at their cultural contexts, Mark S. Smith demonstrates that the biblical attitude toward other deities is not uniformly negative, as is commonly supposed. He traces the historical development of Israel's \"one-god worldview,\" linking it to the rise of the surrounding Mesopotamian empires. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSmith's study also produces evidence undermining a common modern assumption among historians of religion that polytheism is tolerant while monotheism is prone to intolerance and violence. Drawing both on ancient sources and on modern, theoretical approaches, Smith's God in Translation masterfully reveals the complexity of attitudes in ancient Israel toward foreign deities and makes a case for an ecumenism based on respect for local traditions and not based on a western notion of universal religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802864338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mark S. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643595681948,"sku":"9780802864338","price":37.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c89fcd39-68f3-4d0f-a8e4-79d7b8481ca1.jpg?v=1603856903","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/god-in-translation-deities-in-cross-cultural-discourse-in-the-biblical-world-9780802864338","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}