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Subtitle: Images of God in the Hebrew Bible
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: September 1999
Place of publication: Louisville, KY
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 123
ISBN-13: 9780664256456
Copyright date: 1999
First sentence: Monsters with "great staring eyes" inhabit the nightmare regions of fantasy.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: YHWH the monster : the insecure God (Genesis 3); title: Uzzah, YHWH's friend : the irrational God (2 Samuel 6); title: The fatal census : the vindictive God (2 Samuel 24); title: Nadab and Abihu, martyrs : the dangerous God (Leviticus 10); title: The bloody bridegroom : the malevolent God (Exodus 4:24-26); title: The mad prophet and the abusive God (2 Kings 2:23-25); title: Conclusion