Contents -- Abbreviations -- NIB The New Interpreter's Bible -- SBSPS Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers SubBi Subsidia biblica -- Preface -- Editor's Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One Kingdom of God as Symbol -- From Weiss to Perrin -- Perrin, Symbol and Myth -- Difficulties with Perrin's Methodology -- Chapter Two Moving Beyond Symbol to Metaphor -- The Loss of Metaphor -- The Rediscovery of Metaphor -- How to Proceed -- Chapter Three ' God is King' in Preexilic Texts -- Impact of the Myth-Symbol Theory on the Dating of Texts -- Ps 29:10-11: The Significance of Literary Context -- The Shift of Focus from Origins to Redaction -- Isa 6:1-11:The Only Preexilic Text -- Summary and Implications -- Chapter Four The Exilic Foundation of the Metaphor -- Exod 15:18 -- Exod 19:6 -- Num 23:21 -- Sam 8:7 -- 12:12 -- Summary of the Analysis of the Texts -- Chapter Five The Function of the Metaphor in the Exilic/ Postexilic Texts -- Prophetic Texts -- Jeremiah Jer 8: 19 -- Jer 10:7,10 -- Jer 46:18 -- 48:15 -- 51:57. -- Summary of the Analysis of Jeremiah -- Deutero-Isaiah Isa 41: 21 -- 43: 15 -- 44: 6 -- Isa 41:21 -- Isa 43:15 -- Isa 44:6 -- Isaiah 40-48 -- Isa 52:7 -- Summary of the Analysis of Deutero-Isaiah -- Zephaniah and Micah Zeph 3: 15 -- Mic 2:13 -- 4:7 -- Summary of the Analysis of Zephaniah and Micah -- Summary of the Analysis of the Prophetic Writings -- Chapter Six Postexilic Texts: God as Universal Suzerain -- Deut 33:2-5, 26-29 -- Mal 1:14 -- Zech 14: 9, 16, 17 -- Dan 3:33 -- 4:31, 34 -- 6:26-27. -- Chr 16:31/1 Chr 29:11/2 Chr 20:6 1 Chr 28: 5 -- 29: 23/ 2 Chr 9: 8 [ cf. 1 Chr 17: 1,4 -- 22: 10 -- 28:5 -- 2 Chr 6:16] -- Summary of the Analysis of the Postexilic Texts -- Chapter Seven Psalms: Praising Yahweh the King -- Dating the Psalms -- Complaints and Laments Ps 5: 2 -- Ps 22:3, 27 -- Ps 44:5 -- Ps 74: 12 -- Ps 89:14.

Summary of the Analysis of Complaints and Laments -- Thanksgiving Pss 9: 4, 7, 11 -- 10: 16 -- Ps 68:24-28 -- Ps 103:19 -- Summary of the Analysis of the Thanksgiving Psalms -- Hymns or Songs of Praise Ps 24: 7, 8, 9, 10 -- Ps 47: 3, 7, 8 -- Ps 84:3 -- Ps 93:1 -- Ps 95:3 -- Ps 96:10 -- Ps 97:1 -- Ps 98:6 -- Ps 99:1, 4 -- Ps 145:1, 11, 12, 13 -- Ps 146:10 -- Ps 149:2 -- Summary of the Analysis of the Hymns or Songs of Praise -- Chapter Eight New Contours for the Conversation -- Works Cited -- Index of Scriptures -- Index of Authors and Subjects -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.