Yahweh versus Baalism
Subtitle: a theological reading of the Gideon-Abimelech narrative
By: Wolfgang Bluedorn.
Series: Journal for the study of the Old Testament.; 329
Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Sheffield, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Bible. O.T. Judges IX -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; God -- Biblical teaching.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-305) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1; title: INTRODUCTION; title: 1 The Background to the Study; title: 2. Interpreting the Gideon-Abimelech Narrative; title: 3. An Outline of the Study; title: Chapter 2; title: THE GIDEON NARRATIVE (6.1-8.28): YHWH'S DIVINE POWER; title: 1. Setting the Background, Defining and Specifying the Theme (6.1-32); title: 2. The Narrator Demonstrates YHWH's Divine Power (6.33-7.22); title: 3. The Narrator Demonstrates Gideon's Limited Power (7.23-8.27); title: 4. The Record of the Achievement Confirms YHWH's Power (8.28); title: 5. Summary: The Demonstration of YHWH's Divine Power; title: Chapter 3; title: THE ABIMELECH NARRATIVE (8.29-9.57): BAALISM'S DISASTROUS POTENTIAL; title: 1. Re-Setting the Background and Specifying the Theme (8.29-9.21); title: 2. The Narrator Discloses Baalism's Disastrous Potential (9.22-54); title: 3. The Record of the Achievement (9.55); title: 4. Summary: The Demonstration of Baalism's Disastrous Potential; title: 5. The Theological Conclusion (9.56-57); title: Chapter 4; title: CONCLUSIONS; title: 1. The Gideon-Abimelech Narrative as One Theological Narrative; title: 2. The Technique of Narration; title: 3. The Gideon-Abimelech Narrative in its Context.