Vessels of Wrath and God’s Pathos: Potter/Clay Imagery in Rom 9:20–23
Starting from the concept of divine patience in Rom 9:22, this article argues that Paul employs the potter/clay metaphor not (as often interpreted) to defend God’s right to arbitrary choice but rather as an appeal to what Abraham Heschel called divine pathos—the idea that God’s choices are impacted...
Опубликовано в: : | Harvard theological review |
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Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
Язык: | Английский |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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Harvard theological review
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Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности): | B
Bibel. Römerbrief 9,20-23
/ Гончар
/ Бог (мотив)
/ Пафос
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Индексация IxTheo: | HC Новый Завет NBC Бог |
Другие ключевые слова: | B
Sovereignty
B Clay B Apostle Paul B Theodicy B Potter B Predestination |
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Итог: | Starting from the concept of divine patience in Rom 9:22, this article argues that Paul employs the potter/clay metaphor not (as often interpreted) to defend God’s right to arbitrary choice but rather as an appeal to what Abraham Heschel called divine pathos—the idea that God’s choices are impacted by human actions. The potter/clay imagery in Rom 9:20-23 thus serves to highlight the dynamic and improvisational way the God of Israel interacts with Israel and, by extension, all of creation. |
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ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0017816022000116 |