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The Footprints of God: Divine Accommodation in Jewish and Christian Thought

The Footprints of God: Divine Accommodation in Jewish and Christian Thought

Benin, Stephen D.

Paperback

Series: Suny Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion

Comparative Religion

ISBN10: 0791407128
ISBN13: 9780791407127
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jul 1 1993
Pages: 327
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.89 Width: 6.02 Depth: 9.02
Language: English

This book traces one exegetical, interpretative principal, divine accommodation, in Jewish and Christian thought from the first to the nineteenth century. The focus is upon major figures and the place of accommodation in their work.

Divine accommodation, the idea that divine revelation had to be attuned to the human condition, is a vital interpretive device in the history of both Judaism and Christianity. Accommodation is present not only in the language, style, and tone of Scripture but in all of human history. This is the first systematic study of the concept of accommodation, and shows how both religions employed the same interpretative tool for different purposes and to different ends.

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