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Autore |
Savran George W |
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Titolo |
Encountering the divine : theophany in biblical narrative / / George W. Savran |
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London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark International, c2005 |
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1-281-80249-2 |
9786611802493 |
0-567-60270-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Collana |
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 420 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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