TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ohler,Annemarie
TI  - The Bible looks at fathers
SN  - 081462541X (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BS 579 .F3 O3713 1999
U1  - 220.8/3068742 21
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Collegeville, Minn.
PB  - Liturgical Press
KW  - Fathers in the Bible
KW  - God
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - Fatherhood
KW  - Fatherhood (Christian theology)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index;  	TABLE OF CONTENTS --
Chap. 1 Fathers among God's people --
Acts 16 : A prison official becomes a good father in his house --
Fathers find salvation for others --
Believing fathers of a faithless world --
Tobit : a believing father alone in a hostile world --
Fathers as hosts --
Fathers celebrate with their families --
In retrospect : fathers, not patriarchs --
Chap. 2 Fathers in their political responsibility --
1 Samuel 22 : Saul's massacre of the priestly clan --
A strong paternal house : hope for Israel --
Tensions between fathers and sons endanger Israel --
Responsibility for the solidarity of the father's house --
The heritage of the fathers entrusted to the sons --
Men without fathers --
A king like his father David --
Prophets are signs of admonition for a people proud of its families --
In retrospect : fathers need sons --
The disciples of Jesus : a family in which there is no father. Chap. 3 The father in his house --
A new paternal house arises --
Fathers give away their daughters --
Paternal authority --
Fathers teach their sons --
How fathers love their sons --
How fathers love their daughters --
Abraham binds his son (Genesis 22) --
Fathers without power --
In retrospect : fatherhood and fatherliness --
Chap. 4 Our father in heaven --
Jeremiah's message of the fatherhood of God --
The biblical message about God the father within the framework of the history of religion --
The will of the father : the law of God --
The lord's prayer : testimony to Jesus's message about the father --
God, a father with daughters --
God, the father of Jesus --
Fragmentary images of the father
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