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Article: The God of Israel.(Book review)
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- Theological Studies
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- March 1, 2009
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THE GOD OF ISRAEL. Edited by Robert P. Gordon. University of Cambridge Oriental Publications 64. New York: Cambridge University, 2007. Pp. xvi + 307. $105.
Emanating from a Cambridge OT seminar (2001-2004), these 17 essays address how God was perceived from Israel's earliest beginnings through the Hellenistic period. Nathan MacDonald's "Aniconism and the Old Testament" is a good example of the volume's overall method. He provides possible rationales for aniconism (not representing the deity as an image) as grounded in the nature of YHWH, in problems with images, and in antimonarchic social structures. His argument, like many in this volume, does not thoroughly ...