The Divine Courtroom in Comparative Perspective.
Title:
The Divine Courtroom in Comparative Perspective.
Author:
Mermelstein, Ari.
ISBN:
9789004281646
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (314 pages)
Series:
Biblical Interpretation Series ; v.132
Biblical Interpretation Series
Contents:
Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Divine Courtroom in Comparative Perspective -- Chapter 2 Divine Judges on Earth and in Heaven -- Chapter 3 The Divine Courtroom Scenes of Daniel 7 and the Qumran Book of Giants: A Textual and Contextual Comparison -- Chapter 4 Justice without Judgment: Pure Procedural Justice and the Divine Courtroom in Sifre Deuteronomy -- Chapter 5 Rabbi Nissim of Girona on the Heavenly Court, Truth, and Justice -- Chapter 6 The Divine Courtroom Motif in the Hebrew Bible: A Holistic Approach -- Chapter 7 Getting Perspective: The Divine Courtroom in Tertullian of Carthage's Apologeticum -- Chapter 8 Disqualified Olympians: The Skeptical Greek View of Divine Judges -- Chapter 9 A Life of Jesus as Testimony: The Divine Courtroom and the Gospel of John -- Chapter 10 Trying the Crime of Abuse of Royal Authority in the Divine Courtroom and the Incident of Naboth's Vineyard -- Chapter 11 The Invention of the Divine Courtroom in the Book of Job -- Chapter 12 The Qāḍī Before the Judge: The Social Use of Eschatology in Muslim Courts -- Chapter 13 Lawsuits against God in Rabbinic Literature -- Index of Primary Sources.
Abstract:
In The Divine Courtroom in Comparative Perspective, scholars from a range of disciplines treat the various historical contexts and thematic significance of one of the most pervasive religious metaphors, the divine courtroom.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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