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Preaching hard texts of the Old Testament / Elizabeth Achtemeier.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Peabody, Mass : Hendrickson, c1998.Description: xv, 192 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1565633334 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 251 21
LOC classification:
  • BS 1191.5 .A245 1998
Online resources:
Contents:
The Holy One of Israel -- Narratives and Law -- "He shall rule over you"--Genesis 3:14-19 -- The sacrifice of Isaac--Genesis 22:1-9 -- "The Lord is a man of war Exodus--15:1-21 -- "Let not God speak to us"--Exodus 19:9-20; 20:18-21 -- "The skin of Moses' face shone"--Exodus 34:29-45 -- The bronze serpent--Numbers 21:4-9 -- Excursis: the ban Deuteronomy--20:10-18 and conquest texts -- Moses forbidden to enter the land--Deuteronomy 24:1-12 -- In the days of the Judges--Judges 4:1-7 -- The rejection of Saul--I Samuel 13:1-5 -- Uzzah and the ark--2 Samuel 6:1-15 -- The translation of Elijah--2 Kings 2:1-12 -- Put away your foreign wives and children--Ezra 9-10 -- The persecution of the Jews--Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 -- Writings -- Skin for skin--Job 2:1-10 -- "When Israel went forth from Egypt"--Psalm 114 -- "By the waters of Babylon"--Psalm 137 -- Sophia--Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 -- "Arise, my love"--Song of songs 2:8-13 -- Prophets and Lamentations -- "Streams in the desert"--Isaiah 35:1-10 -- "I make weal and create woe"--Isaiah 45:1-7 -- "Thou didst pierce the dragon"--Isaiah 51:9-11 -- Strange prophetic actions--Jeremiah 13:1-11 -- Mourning--Lamentations 1:1-6 -- God in human form?--Ezekiel 1:26-28 -- "The saints of the most high"--Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18 -- Marry a harlot--Hosea 1:2-9 -- God's use of natural catastrophes--Amos 4:4-13 -- "The Lord repented"--Amos 7:1-6 -- "The day of the Lord"--Zephaniah 1:14-18 -- The golden lampstand--Zechariah 4:1-14.
Item type: Books
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The Holy One of Israel --
Narratives and Law --
"He shall rule over you"--Genesis 3:14-19 --
The sacrifice of Isaac--Genesis 22:1-9 --
"The Lord is a man of war Exodus--15:1-21 --
"Let not God speak to us"--Exodus 19:9-20; 20:18-21 --
"The skin of Moses' face shone"--Exodus 34:29-45 --
The bronze serpent--Numbers 21:4-9 --
Excursis: the ban Deuteronomy--20:10-18 and conquest texts --
Moses forbidden to enter the land--Deuteronomy 24:1-12 --
In the days of the Judges--Judges 4:1-7 --
The rejection of Saul--I Samuel 13:1-5 --
Uzzah and the ark--2 Samuel 6:1-15 --
The translation of Elijah--2 Kings 2:1-12 --
Put away your foreign wives and children--Ezra 9-10 --
The persecution of the Jews--Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 --
Writings --
Skin for skin--Job 2:1-10 --
"When Israel went forth from Egypt"--Psalm 114 --
"By the waters of Babylon"--Psalm 137 --
Sophia--Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 --
"Arise, my love"--Song of songs 2:8-13 --
Prophets and Lamentations --
"Streams in the desert"--Isaiah 35:1-10 --
"I make weal and create woe"--Isaiah 45:1-7 --
"Thou didst pierce the dragon"--Isaiah 51:9-11 --
Strange prophetic actions--Jeremiah 13:1-11 --
Mourning--Lamentations 1:1-6 --
God in human form?--Ezekiel 1:26-28 --
"The saints of the most high"--Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18 --
Marry a harlot--Hosea 1:2-9 --
God's use of natural catastrophes--Amos 4:4-13 --
"The Lord repented"--Amos 7:1-6 --
"The day of the Lord"--Zephaniah 1:14-18 --
The golden lampstand--Zechariah 4:1-14.