God as an Absent Character in Biblical Hebrew Narrative
Download or Read eBook God as an Absent Character in Biblical Hebrew Narrative PDF written by Amelia Devin Freedman and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2005 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Amelia Devin Freedman |
| Publisher | : Peter Lang |
| Total Pages | : 250 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0820478288 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780820478289 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis God as an Absent Character in Biblical Hebrew Narrative by : Amelia Devin Freedman
Book excerpt: Although the Hebrew Bible as a whole is centered on God and God's relations with Israel, the character of God appears in most biblical stories only indirectly. How are modern readers to make sense of this paradox? God as an Absent Character in Biblical Hebrew Narrative establishes a set of literary methods that both academic and non-academic readers can use to understand the character of God, who is the single most important character in Hebrew Bible narrative and, strangely, absent from the majority of it.
