Publisher: Picador
Author: Francesca Stavrakopoulou
ISBN: 9781509867332
Format: Hardback
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In modern Jewish and Christian thought, God is a transcendent being, abstract and disembodied. Yet the Bible clearly describes him as a supersized corporeal deity who behaves in very human ways – walking and talking, eating and sleeping. In this provocative re-examination of God’s body, from feet to head, Stavrakopoulou not only reveals how ancient worshippers imagined and represented their divinity but also traces how later Western perceptions developed.