RT Article
T1 The prophets and Sodom: The prophetic use of the Sodom and Gomorrah theme
JF Hervormde teologiese studies
VO 47
IS 1
SP 5
OP 25
A1 Loader, James Alfred 1945-
LA English
YR 1991
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1946126713
AB The use made of the Sodom and Gomorrah theme by the pre-exilic prophets is investigated first in the book of Osiah, where most of the ‘Sodom passages’ occur, after which oth er eighth-century prophets as well (as later pre-exilic prophets) a re in corporated into the investigation. Finally, the complex of prophetic motifs is related to the Sodom story in Genesis 18-19. It is argued that the narrative is a unit, dating from the seventh century BCE, about a crisis in social values and about punishment which does not jeopardise God ’s righteousness towards individuals. Far from being at variance with the prophetic perspective, its tru st is thoroughly compatible with th e way in which th e prophets used the Sodom theme during the eighth and in subsequent centuries.
K1 Sociology and Ethics
K1 Ancient Semitic and Classical Languages
K1 Philosophy
K1 Aspects of Religious Studies
K1 Practical Theology
K1 Ministers of Religion
K1 Scholars
K1 Philosophers
K1 Theologians
K1 Netherdutch Reformed Church
K1 Theology
DO 10.4102/hts.v47i1.2347