Concerning dust and ashes : affects of horror in the Hebrew Bible / Brandon R. Grafius.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grafius, Brandon R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Fear--Biblical teaching.

Fear.

Horror--Biblical teaching.

Horror.

Monsters in the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Affects of horror in the Hebrew Bible

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]

Summary:

In the Hebrew Bible, encounters with the divine are always laced with a mixture of awe and terror. This holds true for priestly interactions, for Job's theophanic confrontation, and for many descriptions offered by the psalmists. In some instances, these encounters are experienced by the characters within the narrative, and presented to the reader, as an experience of the sublime, in which marvel and fear mingle together, but are eventually resolved into the emotion of wonder. In other instances, fear overwhelms the divine encounter and turns it into an experience of transcendent terror. This sublime horror is the focus of 'Concerning Dust and Ashes', which explores how the Bible uses horror to introduce ideas that our rational minds would reject, allowing us to explore our relationship to the cosmos, the unfriendly spaces of the world, and the nature of the divine.

Contents:

The wonder and the terror of the divine

The world without us

The terror of absence and indifference

Liminal and dangerous spaces

The great and terrible God behind the curtain

The wisdom of horror.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Academic, viewed on September 28, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version : Grafius, Brandon R. Concerning dust and ashes.

ISBN:

9780197641781

0197641784

OCLC:

1582164669

Publisher Number:

CIPO000373955

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license