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100	1		_aBembry, Jason.
245	1	0	_aYahweh's coming of age _h[electronic resource] / _cJason Bembry.
260			_aWinona Lake, Ind. : _bEisenbrauns, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (vii, 163 p.)
500			_aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 2004.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_aPt. 1. Old age in biblical and Ugaritic literature. The biblical evidence -- The Ugaritic evidence -- pt. 2. Aging Yahweh. Why Yahweh is not old -- Yahweh comes of age.
520			_aIn the Judeo-Christian tradition, the deity YHWH is often portrayed as an old man. One of the epithets used of YHWH in the Hebrew Bible, the Ancient of Days, is a source for this depiction of God as elderly. Yet, when we look closely at the early traditions of biblical Israel, we see a different picture: God is relatively youthful, a warrior who defends his people. This book is an examination of the question: How did God become old? The transformation from young deity to Ancient of Days took place at the intersection of two trajectories in the traditions of Israel. One trajectory is reflected in the way that apocalyptic traditions found in the book of Daniel recast the old Canaanite mythic imagery seen in the Ugaritic and early biblical texts. This trajectory allows YHWH to take on qualities, such as old age, that were not associated with him during most of Israel's history but were associated with El in the Canaanite traditions. The second trajectory, a depiction of Israel's God as elderly, is connected with the development of the idea of YHWH as father. The more comfortable the biblical tradents became with portraying YHWH as a father a metaphor that was not embraced in the early traditions the easier it became for the people of Israel to think of YHWH as occupying a stage of the human life cycle.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aGod (Judaism) _xAge.
630	0	0	_aBible. _pO.T. _xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
650		0	_aGod _xFatherhood.
650		0	_aLife cycle, Human _xBiblical teaching.
650		0	_aMetaphor in the Bible.
650		7	_aRELIGION / Judaism / Theology _2bisacsh
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aBembry, Jason. _tYahweh's coming of age. _dWinona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2011 _z9781575061726 _w(DLC) 2011008537 _w(OCoLC)706803967
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