Abraham’s silence : the binding of Isaac, the suffering of Job, and how to talk back to God

J. Richard Middleton
Grand Rapids, Mich : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2021]
xv, 256 p. ; 23 cm
Book
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G/F CollectionBS 580 .A3 .M49Available

  • Introduction: Does Abraham's silence matter?
  • Part 1. Models of vigorous prayer in the Bible
  • Voice from the ragged edge
  • God's loyal opposition
  • Part 2. Making sense of the book of Job
  • The question of appropriate speech
  • Does God come to bury Job or to praise him?
  • Part 3. Unbinding the Aqedah from the straightjacket of tradition
  • Is it permissible to criticize Abraham or God?
  • Reading rhetorical signals in the Aqedah and Job
  • Did Abraham pass the test?
  • Conclusion: The gritty spirituality of lament.
  • ill.
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
  • Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2021]
  • 0801098017
  • 9780801098017
  • text
  • volume
  • unmediated
  • https://cms.trccloud.hk/opac/bib/AOSm