Theologies of the Mind in Biblical Israel - Hardcover

by Hemchand Gossai (Other), Michael Carasik (Author)

Did the Hebrew mind work differently from those of people in the Western tradition of civilization? This long-discredited question still lingers in biblical studies. Theologies of the Mind in Biblical Israel approaches the topic of the Israelite mind from a new direction, exploring how the biblical texts themselves, especially Proverbs and Deuteronomy, describe the working of the mind. It demonstrates that the much-discussed role of memory in the Bible is just one part of a general understanding that in the realm of 'knowledge' God and humanity are rivals.

Author Biography

The Author: Michael Carasik teaches biblical Hebrew at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his doctorate in bible and the Ancient Near East at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. His articles and book reviews appear regularly in journals in the field of biblical studies, and he is the editor and translator of The Commentators' Bible.