Reimagining God: The Case for Scriptural Diversity - Softcover

Wijk-Bos, Johanna W. H. Van

 
9780664255695: Reimagining God: The Case for Scriptural Diversity

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<p>Can believers talk about God and to God in a way that is not exclusively male and is biblically responsible? Johanna van Wijk-Bos asks this question as she examines alternatives to the dominant male language associated with God in the Bible. Focusing primarily on the Hebrew Bible, van Wijk-Bos mines a rich source of God-imagery. Along the way, she also discusses alternative language associated with God that transcends the narrow confines of male/female imagery.</p>

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Johanna W. H. van Wijk-Bos is Dora Pierce Professor of Bible and Professor of Old Testament at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Her publications include Reformed and Feminist and Reimagining God, both published by WJK.

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This book make available to a general readership the scholarship that has dealt with God-imagery in the Bible. It will find its place in the church, in the seminary, in the adult study group, and in the hands of those wanting to reexamine the language associated with God in the Bible and the real implications of this language in the world.

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