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Author Butterfield, Robert A. (Robert Alan)

Title The Struggle to Define God : Dissent in Postexilic Judah
Published Eugene : Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (96 pages)
Summary This book about religious struggle studies four texts from postexilic Judah and applies them first to Judah and then, importantly, to modern America. Two of these texts--the books of Jonah and Job--speak out in favor of the theology of grace and against the theology of retribution, as advocated by the Jerusalem hardliners. This struggle to define God continues even today. Despite the biblical evidence--especially the example of Jesus--many Americans still believe in the God of retribution. Two other texts--the book of Ruth and the story of Rahab--demonstrate that if people reject xenophobia/na
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Subject Rahab (Biblical figure)
SUBJECT Rahab (Biblical figure) fast
Bible. Job -- Theology
Bible. Jonah -- Theology
Bible. Ruth -- Theology
Bible. Joshua -- Theology
Bible. Job fast
Bible. Jonah fast
Bible. Joshua fast
Bible. Ruth fast
Subject God (Judaism) -- History of doctrines
Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D.
Grace (Theology) -- Biblical teaching
Xenophobia -- Biblical teaching
Misogyny -- Biblical teaching
RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
God (Judaism) -- History of doctrines
Grace (Theology) -- Biblical teaching
Jews
Theology
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781498242950
1498242952