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Reflections on the silence of God : a discussion with Marjo Korpel and Johannes de Moor / edited by Bob Becking.

Contributor(s): Language: English, German Series: Oudtestamentische studiën ; d. 62.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013Description: 1 online resource (190 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004259133
  • 9004259139
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reflections on the silence of GodDDC classification:
  • 212/.6 23
LOC classification:
  • BL473 .R44 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Ex oriente silentium : in introduction to this volume / Bob Becking -- Temple vessels speaking for a silent god : notes on divine presence in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah / Bob Becking -- Divine silence or divine absence? : converging metaphors in family religion in ancient Israel and the Levant / Joel Burnett -- Let sleeping gods lie? : Meindert Dijkstra -- "Der schweigende Gott" : Gedanken zu einem beachtenswerten Buch und einem bedeutenden Thema / Walter Dietrich -- "It shall be night to you, without vision" : the theme of divine disfavour in the Biblical prophetic books / Matthijs de Jong -- How comprehensible can divine silence be? : reflections on the Biblical evidence / Paul Sanders -- Deafening silence? : on hearing God in the midst of suffering / Marcel Sarot -- Speaking from the gaps : the eloquent silence of God in Esther / Anne-Mareike Wetter -- Reaction to the contributions of our reviewers / Marjo Korpel and Johannes de Moor.
Summary: Should divine silence be seen as a subtle way of Gods interference with human affairs? Or is to be seen as a sign of his absence? Korpel and de Moor produced a provocative monograph on this topic. This volume contains a set of reactions to their position.
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Nine contributions in English and 1 in German.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ex oriente silentium : in introduction to this volume / Bob Becking -- Temple vessels speaking for a silent god : notes on divine presence in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah / Bob Becking -- Divine silence or divine absence? : converging metaphors in family religion in ancient Israel and the Levant / Joel Burnett -- Let sleeping gods lie? : Meindert Dijkstra -- "Der schweigende Gott" : Gedanken zu einem beachtenswerten Buch und einem bedeutenden Thema / Walter Dietrich -- "It shall be night to you, without vision" : the theme of divine disfavour in the Biblical prophetic books / Matthijs de Jong -- How comprehensible can divine silence be? : reflections on the Biblical evidence / Paul Sanders -- Deafening silence? : on hearing God in the midst of suffering / Marcel Sarot -- Speaking from the gaps : the eloquent silence of God in Esther / Anne-Mareike Wetter -- Reaction to the contributions of our reviewers / Marjo Korpel and Johannes de Moor.

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Should divine silence be seen as a subtle way of Gods interference with human affairs? Or is to be seen as a sign of his absence? Korpel and de Moor produced a provocative monograph on this topic. This volume contains a set of reactions to their position.

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