Title When God wanted to destroy the chosen people : Biblical traditions and theology on the move / Gili Kugler

Published Berlin : De Gruyter, [2019] ©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 223 pages) Series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 0934-2575 ; volume 515 Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 515. 0934-2575 Contents Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A superfluous threat of annihilation -- God's reaction to the building of the Golden Calf: Exodus 32 -- 3. Punishment and threat of destruction in the story of the spies: Varied theological views in two parallel narratives -- 4. The annihilation-threat tradition -- 5. Told by the protagonists: Retelling episodes of the time in the desert -- 6. Reviewing the past in light of the present plight: Nehemiah 9 -- 7. The past in the service of God's name: Ezekiel 20 -- 8. Past precedents pave the way for current pleas: Psalm 106 -- 9. Conclusions -- List of abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Subject index -- Ancient sources index -- Author index Summary The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-199) and indexes Notes In English Description based on print version record SUBJECT Bible. Old Testament -- Historiography Bible. Exodus, XXXII -- Criticism, interpretation, etc Bible. Numbers, XIII-XIV -- Criticism, interpretation, etc Bible. Nehemiah, IX -- Criticism, interpretation, etc Bible. Ezekiel, XX -- Criticism, interpretation, etc Bible. Psalms, CVI -- Criticism, interpretation, etc Bible. Old Testament fast Bibel Altes Testament gnd Subject God (Judaism) -- History of doctrines God -- Wrath. Jews -- Election, Doctrine of. Genocide -- Religious aspects. RELIGION -- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation -- Old Testament. God (Judaism) -- History of doctrines God -- Wrath Historiography Auserwähltes Volk Drohung Gottesgericht Zerstörung Form Electronic book ISBN 3110609908 9783110609905 9783110609509 3110609509 3110605821 9783110605822

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