Biblical Archaeology Society Lecture Series
God's Footstool and Footprints: The Ark of the Covenant and Divine Feet in Texts and Archaeology
Many metaphors in the Bible regarding God's outstretched arms, eyes and heart have been noted by readers of scripture, but less attention has been given to references to God's lower body. Coogan examines Biblical descriptions of God's feet as He marches ahead of His people, treads on His domain, and rests His feet on a golden footstool, the Ark of the Covenant.
Michael Coogan is the director of publications for the Harvard Semitic Museum and professor of religious studies at Stonehill College. He has written more than two dozen articles in scholarly journals and collections of essays, and is a contributor to such standard reference works as The New Jerome Biblical Commentary. He Also conceived and edited The Oxford Companion to the Bible, The Illustrated Guide to World Religions and The Oxford History of the Biblical World.
54 minutes
