2015/12/31 by Thomas ̈Römer · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · #Biblical Studies and Interpretation
paper · doi:10.4159/9780674915732
openalex publication_date 2015/12/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas Römer seeks to answer these enigmatic questions about the deity of the great monotheisms—Yhwh, God, or Allah—by tracing Israelite beliefs and their context from the Bronze Age to the end of the Old Testament period in the third century BCE, in a masterpiece of detective work and exposition.