The God of the Prophets : an analysis of divine action / William Paul Griffin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffin, William Paul.

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 249.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 249

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God--Biblical teaching.

God.

Image of God.

Content analysis (Communication).

Bible. Prophets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: BACKGROUND; Part II: THE ANALYSIS; Appendix A: PREVIOUS STUDIES; Appendix B: CATEGORY DICTIONARIES; Bibliography; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611814052

9781281814050

1281814059

9780567393463

0567393461

OCLC:

280896658