Ask God : Divine Consultation in the Literature of the Hebrew Bible
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
3631371616
ISBN-13
9783631371619
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New
Publisher
Peter Lang GmbH
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Peter Lang GmbH
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 12th, 2002
Print length
284 Pages
Weight
382 grams
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15.10 x 21.00 x 1.90 cms
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Through a study of several Hebrew words for asking, this book explores a number of texts dealing with divine consultation. In contexts of war, illness, national disaster and other situations, experts such as prophets, priests, men of God and kings consult YHWH. The divine response is either favorable or unfavorable. The pattern of: situation of distress, divine consultation and divine response reflects not merely a literary genre, but a situation able to tell us something about ancient Israelite prophecy. Ask God also shows that the strict dichotomy traditionally upheld between prophecy and divination is not always tenable.
Through a study of several Hebrew words for «asking», this book explores a number of texts dealing with divine consultation. In contexts of war, illness, national disaster and other situations, experts such as prophets, priests, men of God and kings consult YHWH. The divine response is either favorable or unfavorable. The pattern of: situation of distress, divine consultation and divine response reflects not merely a literary genre, but a situation able to tell us something about ancient Israelite prophecy. Ask God also shows that the strict dichotomy traditionally upheld between prophecy and divination is not always tenable.
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