The Encounter with the Divine in Mesopotamia and Israel [Hardcover]

While most of its contemporary religions have faded away, Israelite religion continues to have a major influence in the world. First delivered in 1975 as a Jordan Lecture in Comparative Religion, this volume argues that in its beginnings Israelite religion had much in common with ancient Mesopotamian religion and suggests that its endurance is due to its dynamic development of the concepts it shared with other religions.

1. A Matter of Method
2. The Divine in Creation
3. The Divine in History
4. The Divine in Relation to Good and Evil
5. Communication with the Divine
6. Universalism
Notes
Bibliography
Index

H. W. F. Saggswas Chair of Semitic Languages at Cardiff University, UK.