Water And The Places It Collects
Biblical Hebrew has a rich vocabulary for clouds, rain, rivers, wadis, springs, wells, and cisterns, and this vocabulary indicates something of how ancient Israelites related to water. Water in all its forms was understood as a gift from God, especially when seasonal rain arrived according to expect...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Interpretation
Year: 2024, Volume: 78, Issue: 1, Pages: 19-29 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Water
/ Cistern
/ Well
/ Spring
/ River
/ Rain
/ Cloud
/ Water resources
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Rain
B Wadis B Clouds B Cisterns B Ecological Hermeneutics B Rivers B Water Precarity B Wells B Naming B Springs |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Biblical Hebrew has a rich vocabulary for clouds, rain, rivers, wadis, springs, wells, and cisterns, and this vocabulary indicates something of how ancient Israelites related to water. Water in all its forms was understood as a gift from God, especially when seasonal rain arrived according to expectation. Disruptions to the normal seasons were usually interpreted as a sign of judgment. By naming various forms of water and their divine origin, humans reveal their relationship with God and with water. |
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| ISSN: | 2159-340X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00209643231202513 |