The Suffering of God: An Old Testament PerspectiveIn this comprehensive and thought-provoking study, Terence Fretheim focuses on the theme of divine suffering, an aspect of our understanding of God which both the church and scholarship have neglected. Maintaining that "metaphors matter," Fretheim carefully examines the ruling and anthropomorphic metaphors of the Old Testament and discusses them in the context of current biblical-theological scholarship. His aim is to broaden our understanding of the God of the Old Testament by showing that "suffering belongs to the person and purpose of God". |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
God in Old Testament Theology | 13 |
God and World Basic Perspectives | 34 |
God and World Foreknowledge | 45 |
God and World Presence and Power | 60 |
God in Human Form | 79 |
God Suffers Because | 107 |
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The Suffering of God: An Old Testament Perspective Terence E. Fretheim,Walter Brueggemann No preview available - 1984 |
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Amos anger anguish anthropomorphic appearance Barr basic Biblical Theology Brueggemann chap clear commonly concern context continuity creation decision Deut Deuteronomic History discussion divine presence divine speech divine suffering effect Eichrodt Elusive Presence embodied entails especially Exod Exodus experience Ezek Ezekiel fact faith finally Fortress Press future Genesis given God's presence God's relationship God's suffering H. H. Rowley Heschel Hosea human form Ibid images important intensification interpretation Isaiah Israel issue Janzen Jeremiah Jesus John Knox Judg judgment Kings Knierim language materials matter Mauser means messenger metaphors Moab Moses mourning noted Old Testament OT Theology particular passages person perspective Philadelphia pluralism possible promise prophet Psalms questions reality reference regarding repentance response revealed sake salvific seen sense servant sins speak spoken suggest Terrien texts theophanies tion traditional Transcendence understanding WALTER BRUEGGEMANN weariness Westermann word wrath Yahweh