What the Biblical Scribes Teach Us about Their Writings
A question often posed to biblical scholars is how they can insist that God is merciful and trustworthy when in many Old Testament texts God is harsh and punitive. The article proposes to interpret such hard texts by examining the biblical scribes' habits of composition-what they noticed, how t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
[2018]
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Theological studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 79, Issue: 3, Pages: 653-667 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Writer
/ Idea of God
/ Literary technique
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
Holy War
B Hebrew Bible B the sacrifice of Isaac B the conquest of Canaan B Old Testament B Biblical Hermeneutics B biblical portrayals of God |
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| Summary: | A question often posed to biblical scholars is how they can insist that God is merciful and trustworthy when in many Old Testament texts God is harsh and punitive. The article proposes to interpret such hard texts by examining the biblical scribes' habits of composition-what they noticed, how they saw God revealed in history, and how they told their stories. In the light of these conclusions, the second part of the article examines several difficult Old Testament texts. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040563918784782 |