The God of the Prophets - An Analysis of Divine Action

Content analysis'-which is a computer-assisted form of textual analysis-is used to examine divine activity in six prophetic texts, comparing God's activity to that of humans. In this methodologically innovative study, the author concludes, in the light of quantitative data, that God is harsher to non-Israelites than to Israelites in all the texts, and much kinder to Israelites in Joel than in the typical prophet. God and humans are involved in much the same kinds of physical and mental processes, but to considerably different degrees. Griffin argues persuasively that the God of the prophets is not the 'wholly other' of some theologies, but neither do his actions follow exactly the human pattern.

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• Authors: William Paul Griffin
• Assisted by: Claudia V. Camp (Editor), Andrew Mein (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.1997
• EAN: 9781850756774
• ISBN: 978-1-85075-677-4
• No. of pages: 330
• Series: JSOT Supplement (Hardcover); Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Te; JSOT Supplement (Hardcover); The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Judaism / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Reference, Judaism, Nature & existence of God, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Criticism & Exegesis Of Sacred Texts, Nature and existence of God and of the Divine