Ebook: Desiring divinity : self-deification in early Jewish and Christian mythmaking
Author: M. David Litwa
- Tags: Apotheosis, Judaism, Doctrines, Deification (Christianity), God
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Perhaps no declaration incites more outrage than a human's claim to be God. Those who make this claim in ancient Jewish and Christian mythology are typically either demonized or deified. This work examines this topic.
Abstract: Perhaps no declaration incites more outrage than a human's claim to be God. Those who make this claim in ancient Jewish and Christian mythology are typically either demonized or deified. This work examines this topic