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Moving beyond symbol and myth

understanding the kingship of God of the Hebrew Bible through metaphor

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understanding the kingship of God of the Hebrew Bible through metaphor

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Peter Lang
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332

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Table of Contents

Kingdom of God as symbol or metaphor
Kingdom of God as symbol
From Weiss to Perrin
Perrin, symbol and myth
Difficulties with Perrin's methodology
Moving beyond symbol to metaphor
The loss of metaphor
The rediscovery of metaphor
How to proceed
Analysis of 'God is King' metaphor
'God is King' in preexilic texts
Impact of the myth-symbol theory on the dating of texts
Ps 29:10-11: the significance of literary context
The shift of focus from origins to redaction
Isa 6:1-11: the only preexilic text
The exilic foundation of the metaphor
The texts
Exod 15:18
Exod 19:6
Num 23:21
Sam 8:7; 1 2:12
Summary of the analysis of the texts
The function of the metaphor in exilic texts
Prophetic texts
Jeremiah
Jer 8:19
Jer 10:7, 10
Jer 46:19; 48:15; 51:57
Summary of the analysis of Jeremiah
Deutero-Isaiah
Isa 41:21; 43:15; 44:6
Isa 41:21
Isa 43:15
Isa 44:6
Isaiah 40-48
Isa 52:7
Summary of the analysis of Deutero-Isaiah
Zephaniah and micah
Zeph 3:15
2:13; 4:7
Summary of the analysis of Zephaniah and Micah
Summary of the analysis of the prophetic writings
Postexilic texts : the kingship of God as unique and universal
Deut 33:2-5, 26-29
Mal 1:14
Zech 14:9, 16, 17
Dan 3:33; 4:31, 34; 6:26-27
Chr 16:31/1chr 29:11/ 2 chr 20:6
Chr 28:5; 29:23/2 chr 9:8 [cf. 1chr 17:14; 28:5; 22:10; 2 chr 6:16
Summary of the analysis of the postexilic texts
Psalms : praising the complaints and laments
Ps 5:2
Ps 22:3, 27
Ps 44:5
Ps 74:12
Ps 89:14
Summary of the analysis of laments and complaints
Thanksgiving
Ps 9:4, 7, 11; 10:16
Ps 68:24-28
Ps 103:19
Summary of the analysis of the thanksgiving Psalms hymns or Songs of Praise
Ps 24:7, 8, 9, 10
Ps 47:3, 7, 8
Ps 84:3
Ps 93:1
Ps 95:3
Ps 96:10
Ps 97:1
Ps 98:6
Ps 99:1, 4
Ps 145: 1, 11, 12, 13
Ps 146:10
Ps 149:2
Summary of the analysis of the Praise Songs
Conclusions and implications
New contours for the conversation.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York
Series
Studies in biblical literature -- v. 99

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
221.6/4
Library of Congress
BS1199.K48 M66 2009, BS1199.K48M66 2009

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
332

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23147632M
ISBN 13
9780820486611
LCCN
2009000753
OCLC/WorldCat
299280670
Goodreads
7023079

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