Reflections on the silence of God
Subtitle: a discussion with Marjo Korpel and Johannes de Moor
By: edited by Bob Becking
Series: Oudtestamentische studien -- Old Testament studies -- volume 62; Oudtestamentische studiën -- d. 62.
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9789004258822; 9789004259133
Subjects: Bibel; Hidden God; Gott; God; Deus absconditus; Belief and doubt; Schweigen
Description: "In their recent book The silent God, Marjo Korpel and Johannes de Moor presented a provocative view on the concept of divine silence in ancient Israel. In their view, divine silence can be explained as an answer to a variety of circumstance. Additionally, they opt for the view that divine silence needs to be answered by appropriate human conduct. The essays in this volume applaud and challenge their views from different perspectives: exegetical, ancient Near Eastern, semantic, philosophical etc. Some authors hint at the view that divine silence should be construed as an indication of divine absence. Korpel and De Moor give learned response to their critics."--back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nine contributions in English and 1 in German.
Table of contents: title: Ex oriente silentium : in introduction to this volume / -- Bob Becking; title: Temple vessels speaking for a silent God : notes on divine presence in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah  -- Bob Becking; title: Divine silence or divine absence? : converging metaphors in family religion in ancient Israel and the Levant  -- Joel Burnett; title: Let sleeping gods lie?  -- Meindert Dijkstra; title: Der schweigende Gott : Gedanken zu einem beachtenswerten Buch und einem bedeutenden Thema  -- Walter Dietrich; title: It shall be night to you, without vision : the theme of divine disfavour in the Biblical prophetic books  -- Matthijs de Jong; title: How comprehensible can divine silence be? : reflections on the Biblical evidence  -- Paul Sanders; title: Deafening silence? : on hearing God in the midst of suffering  -- Marcel Sarot; title: Speaking from the gaps : the eloquent silence of God in Esther  -- Anne-Mareike Wetter; title: Reaction to the contributions of our reviewers -- Marjo Korpel,-- Johannes de Moor.