Israel as Foundling: Abandonment, Adoption, and the Fatherhood of God
Paternity as a standard metaphor for God's relationship either to humankind or to Israel is striking for its absence in the Tanak before the rise of the Israelite monarchy. A set of daring oracles insisting that divine fatherhood can only be adoptive both illumines the earlier reticence and for...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The National Association of Professors of Hebrew
2005
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Hebrew studies
Year: 2005, Volume: 46, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-24 |
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| Summary: | Paternity as a standard metaphor for God's relationship either to humankind or to Israel is striking for its absence in the Tanak before the rise of the Israelite monarchy. A set of daring oracles insisting that divine fatherhood can only be adoptive both illumines the earlier reticence and foreshadows the later importance of this metaphor. |
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| ISSN: | 2158-1681 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/hbr.2005.0021 |