An apocryphal God
Subtitle: beyond divine maturity
By: Mark McEntire
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9781451470352; 9781451472387
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Bible; God; Criticism, interpretation; Theology; Biblical teaching; Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
Description: Mark McEntire continues the story begun in Portraits of a Mature God, extending his narrative beyond the conclusion of the Hebrew Bible as Israel and Israel's God moved into the Hellenistic world. The "narrative" McEntire perceives in the apocryphal literature describes a God protecting and guiding the scattered and persecuted, a God responding to suffering in revolt, and a God disclosing mysteries, yet also hidden in the symbolism of dreams and visions. McEntire here provides a coherent and compelling account of theological perspectives in the writings of Hellenistic Judaism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-253) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: God moves on; title: God of the defeated and scattered, part I; title: God of the defeated and scattered, part II; title: God of the defeated and scattered, part III; title: God of revolt; title: God of dreams and visions; title: God of the future; title: Where do we go from here?