The God of the Prophets : an analysis of divine action / / William Paul Griffin
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| Autore: | Griffin William Paul |
| Titolo: | The God of the Prophets : an analysis of divine action / / William Paul Griffin |
| Pubblicazione: | Sheffield, Eng., : Sheffield Academic Press, c1997 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 224 |
| 224.06 | |
| 224/.06 | |
| Soggetto topico: | God - Biblical teaching |
| Image of God | |
| Content analysis (Communication) | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: BACKGROUND; Part II: THE ANALYSIS; Appendix A: PREVIOUS STUDIES; Appendix B: CATEGORY DICTIONARIES; Bibliography; Index of Authors |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| ISBN: | 9786611814052 |
| 9781281814050 | |
| 1281814059 | |
| 9780567393463 | |
| 0567393461 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9911144164303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 249.