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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782240403321

Autore

Savran George W

Titolo

Encountering the divine [[electronic resource] ] : theophany in biblical narrative / / George W. Savran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark International, c2005

ISBN

1-281-80249-2

9786611802493

0-567-60270-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 420

Disciplina

221.6

Soggetti

Theophanies in the Bible

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 THEOPHANY AS TYPE-SCENE; Chapter 2 PREPARING FOR THEOPHANY; Chapter 3 THE VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE DIVINE; Chapter 4 HUMAN RESPONSES TO THEOPHANY; Chapter 5 TRANSFORMATION AND EXTERNALIZATION; Chapter 6 ON THE LETHAL NATURE OF THE DIVINE PRESENCE; Chapter 7 SINAI REVISITED: THEOPHANY AND INTERTEXTUALITY; Chapter 8 FROM THEOPHANY NARRATIVE TO DIVINE JOURNEY; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

An examination of the literary and theological dynamics of the divine-human encounter as reflected in theophany narratives in the Hebrew Bible. The point of departure for this study is a type-scene analysis which reveals a common structure to theophany narratives. Beginning with the separation of the protagonist from human society, the text moves to a visual and verbal revelation by the Deity, and records a range of human reactions to the experience. Each of the texts concludes with a description of a more externalized reaction, which marks the carrying over of the experience into a larger soc