Publication

2010 - Fortress Press, Minneapolis, MN, Minnesota

Language

English

Word Count

71,750 words, Guess

Page Count

287 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780800662974
  • ISBN-100800662970
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009044520
  • OCLC Control Number297149642
  • Better World BooksP9-ACF-552
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC231.7
  • LCCBS1171.3 .B87 2010

Description

Theodicy-defending God in the face of historical catastrophe and evil-is a central concern in the Hebrew Bible. Joel S. Burnett shows that the theme of divine absence was important in ancient near eastern reflection on the mystery of the divine and that it served both as a way of asking about the justice of God and of affirming God's justice in ancient Israel. Where is God? explores themes of divine presence and absence in creation and wisdom thought, in ritual, in prophetic threat, in narrative, and in apocalypse throughout the Hebrew Bible.

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