The Memoirs of God: History, Memory, and the Experience of the Divine in Ancient Israel » (New Edition)

This insightful work examines the variety of ways that collective memory, oral tradition, history, and history-writing intersect. Integral to all this are the ways in which ancient Israel was shaped by the monarchy, the Babylonian exile, and the dispersions of Judeans. The great moments also shaped how Israel conceptualized and interacted with the divine-Yahweh as well as other deities. Introduction Biblical History and Israel Historical Challenges to Israel during the Biblical Period Biblical Monotheism and the Structures of Divinity The Formation of Israel's Concepts of God: Collective Memory and Amnesia in the Bible

Author Bio:Mark S. Smith is Skirball Professor of Bible and Near Eastern Studies at New York University. He is the author of The Origins of Biblical Monotheism (Oxford Univ. Press, 2001), The Early History of God (2d ed.; Eerdmans, 2000), and The Pilgrimage Pattern in Exodus (Sheffield Academic, 1997). SPIRIT IN THE CITIES: Searching for Soul in the Urban Landscape