The Invention of God

Römer, Thomas

ISBN 10: 0674504976 / ISBN 13: 9780674504974

Published by Harvard University Press, 2015

Seller Inventory # CCVV.0674504976.A

Synopsis:

Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas Romer seeks to answer these enigmatic questions about the deity of the great monotheisms-Yhwh, God, or Allah-by tracing Israelite beliefs and their context from the Bronze Age to the end of the Old Testament period in the third century BCE, in a masterpiece of detective work and exposition.

About the Author: Thomas Römer is Professor of the Hebrew Bible at the College de France and Professor at the University of Lausanne.

Raymond Geuss is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He has taught widely in Germany and the United States, and has been an editor of the series of Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought since its inception. His previous books include The Idea of a Critical Theory (Cambridge, 1981, ISBN 0521 284228), Morality, Culture, and History (Cambridge, 1999, ISBN 0 521 635683), and Public Goods, Private Goods (Princeton, 2001). He has also published a collection of classical verse in his own English translations, Parrots, Poets, and Philosophers & Good Advice (London, 1999).

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Invention of God
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: acceptable