When God Wanted to Destroy the Chosen People : : Biblical Traditions and Theology on the Move / / Gili Kugler.
According to narratives in the Bible the threats of the people’s end come from various sources, but the most significant threat comes, as learned from the Pentateuch, from God himself. What is the theological meaning of this tradition? In what circumstances did it evolve? How did it stand alongside...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XI, 223 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. A superfluous threat of annihilation – God’s reaction to the building of the Golden Calf: Exodus 32
- 3. Punishment and threat of destruction in the story of the spies: Varied theological views in two parallel narratives
- 4. The annihilation-threat tradition
- 5. Told by the protagonists: Retelling episodes of the time in the desert
- 6. Reviewing the past in light of the present plight: Nehemiah 9
- 7. The past in the service of God’s name: Ezekiel 20
- 8. Past precedents pave the way for current pleas: Psalm 106
- 9. Conclusions
- List of abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Subject index
- Ancient sources index
- Author index