Is Anything Too Hard for Yahweh?': Fulfillment of Promise and Threat in Genesis 18-19
The Yahwist's narrative in Gen. 18.1-16, 20-22a, 33b, and 19.1-27a, 28 focuses on a single theological concern, namely, the power of Yahweh to fulfill the promise of a son for Sarah and Abraham. In the annunciation scene, the deity himself articulates this issue: Is anything too hard for Yahwe...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2018]
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2018, Volume: 42, Issue: 3, Pages: 285-302 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Genesis 18,1-19,28
/ Yahwist
/ Jahwe
/ Omnipotence
/ Promise
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
Abraham
B Yahwist B Sodom B Sarah B Mamre B Genesis 18-19 |
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| Summary: | The Yahwist's narrative in Gen. 18.1-16, 20-22a, 33b, and 19.1-27a, 28 focuses on a single theological concern, namely, the power of Yahweh to fulfill the promise of a son for Sarah and Abraham. In the annunciation scene, the deity himself articulates this issue: Is anything too hard for Yahweh?' The Sodom tale suggests a negative answernothing is too hard for Yahwehby demonstrating the power of Yahweh to fulfill a threat of destruction. The theological reasoning of the Yahwist who joined the Mamre and Sodom episodes is close, though not identical, to the thought of the exilic and post-exilic texts in Jeremiah 32 and Zechariah 7-8. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0309089216690381 |