Where the Gods Are <subTitle>Spatial Dimensions of Anthropomorphism</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Smith, Mark S.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">9:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.K</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Yale University Press</publisher> <dateIssued>2016</dateIssued> <edition>Revised and Updated Edition</edition> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>221tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover</extent> <extent>23 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>The issue of how to represent God is a concern both ancient and contemporary. In this wide-ranging and authoritative study, renowned biblical scholar Mark Smith investigates the symbols, meanings, and narratives in the Hebrew Bible, Ugaritic texts, and ancient iconography, which attempt to describe deities in relation to humans. Smith uses a novel approach to show how the Bible depicts God in human and animal forms—and sometimes both together. Mediating between the ancients’ theories and the work of modern thinkers, Smith’s boldly original work uncovers the foundational understandings of deities and space.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Mark S. Smith</note> <subject> <topic>Anthropology -- Social groups</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>God -- Attributes</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Bible - New Testament - Criticism, interpretation, etc</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">225.6</classification> <classification authority="ddc">S642-M35</classification> <identifier type="isbn">1570753482</identifier> <identifier type="issn">9780300209228</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14725/61e-v7h2cnl-sl1500.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14725/61e-v7h2cnl-sl1500.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071410.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>