Moving beyond symbol and myth understanding the kingship of God of the Hebrew Bible through metaphor /
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c2009.
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| Series: | Studies in biblical literature ;
v. 99. |
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Table of Contents:
- Kingdom of God as symbol
- From Weiss to Perrin
- Perrin, symbol and myth
- Difficulties with Perrin's methodology
- Moving beyond symbol to metaphor
- The loss of metaphor
- The rediscovery of metaphor
- How to proceed
- 'God is King' in preexilic texts
- Impact of the myth-symbol theory on the dating of texts
- Ps 29:10-11: the significance of literary context
- The shift of focus from origins to redaction
- Isa 6:1-11: the only preexilic text
- Summary and implications
- The exilic foundation of the metaphor
- Exod 15:18
- Exod 19:6
- Num 23:21
- 1 Sam 8:7; 1 2:12
- Summary of the analysis of the texts
- The function of the metaphor in exilic/postexilic texts
- Prophetic texts
- Jeremiah
- Jer 8:19
- Jer 10:7, 10
- Jer 46:18; 48:15; 51:57
- Summary of the analysis of Jeremiah
- Deutero-Isaiah
- Isa 41:21; 43:15; 44:6
- Isa 41:21
- Isa 43:15
- Isa 44:6
- Isaiah 40-48
- Isa 52:7
- Summary of the analysis of Deutero-Isaiah
- Zephaniah and Micah
- Zeph 3:15
- Mich 2:13; 4:7
- Summary of the analysis of Zephaniah and Micah
- Summary of the analysis of the prophetic writings
- Postexilic texts : God as universal suzerain
- Deut 33:2-5, 26-29
- Mal 1:14
- Zech 14:9, 16, 17
- Dan 3:33; 4:31, 34; 6:26-27
- 1 Chr 16:31/1chr 29:11/ 2 chr 20:6/1chr 28:5; 29:23/2 chr 9:8
- Summary of the analysis of the postexilic texts
- Psalms : praising yahweh the king
- Dating the psalms
- Complaints and laments
- Ps 5:2
- Ps 22:3, 27
- Ps 44:5
- Ps 74:12
- Ps 89:14
- Summary of the analysis of laments and complaints
- Thanksgiving
- Ps 9:4, 7, 11; 10:16
- Ps 68:24-28
- Ps 103:19
- Summary of the analysis of the thanksgiving Psalms
- Hymns or songs of praise
- Ps 24:7, 8, 9, 10
- Ps 47:3, 7, 8
- Ps 84:3
- Ps 93:1
- Ps 95:3
- Ps 96:10
- Ps 97:1
- Ps 98:6
- Ps 99:1, 4
- Ps 145: 1, 11, 12, 13
- Ps 146:10
- Ps 149:2
- Summary of the analysis of the hymns or songs of praise
- New contours for the conversation.