Yahweh's coming of age /

Yahweh's coming of age /

In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the deity YHWH is often portrayed as an old man. One of the epithets used of YHWH in the Hebrew Bible, the Ancient of Days, is a source for this depiction of God as elderly. Yet, when we look closely at the early traditions of biblical Israel, we see a different pic...

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Main Author: Bembry, Jason (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Subjects:

Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
God (Judaism) > Age.
God > Fatherhood.
Life cycle, Human > Biblical teaching.
Metaphor in the Bible.

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Call Number: BM610. B37 2011

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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Old age in biblical and Ugaritic literature. The biblical evidence
  • The Ugaritic evidence
  • pt. 2. Aging Yahweh. Why Yahweh is not old
  • Yahweh comes of age.