Where Is God in the Megilloth?: a dialogue on the ambiguity of divine presence and absence
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Where is God in the Megilloth? -- The Complexity of Conceptualizing Divine Presence and Absence in the Hebrew Bible -- The Contribution of the Megilloth for Conceptualizing Divine Presence and Absence -- In Search of God in the...
| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Where is God in the Megilloth? -- The Complexity of Conceptualizing Divine Presence and Absence in the Hebrew Bible -- The Contribution of the Megilloth for Conceptualizing Divine Presence and Absence -- In Search of God in the Megilloth -- Chapter 1 The Controversy of Divine Presence and Absence -- Debating Divine Presence and Absence in the Hebrew Bible -- Debating Divine Presence and Absence in the Megilloth -- Summary -- Chapter 2 Five Books in Dialogue on Divine Presence and Absence -- Biblical Texts in Dialogue: A Literary-theological Approach -- Table Conversation: A Methodological Metaphor -- Discovering the Dialogue -- Chapter 3 Perceiving Divine Absence -- Literary Absence of God: A Dialogue between Song of Songs and Esther -- Divine Abandonment: A Dialogue between Lamentations and Ruth -- Summary of Divine Absence -- Chapter 4 Perceiving Divine Presence -- God-talk: A Dialogue among Ecclesiastes, Ruth, and Lamentations -- The Edenic Presence of God: A Dialogue between Lamentations and Song of Songs -- Summary of Divine Presence -- Chapter 5 Perceiving Divine Providence -- Miqreh in Retrospect: A Dialogue between Ruth and Ecclesiastes -- Divine-Human Action: A Dialogue between Ruth and Esther -- Summary of Divine Providence -- Chapter 6 Perceiving Divine Silence: A Dialogue among the Megilloth -- Differentiating Impressions of Divine Silence -- Comparing Incomprehensible Divine Silence in Ecclesiastes and Lamentations -- Summary of Divine Silence -- Conclusion: The Ambiguity of Divine Presence and Absence in the Megilloth -- Implications -- Suggestions for Further Research -- Bibliography -- Index of Textual References -- Index of Authors |
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| ISBN: | 9004368957 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004368958 |