Ellen F. Davis

Getting Involved with God

Rediscovering the Old Testament

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a book about getting, and staying, involved with God-what it takes, what it costs, what it looks and feels like, and why anyone would want to do it anyway.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cowley Publications
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 319g
• ISBN-13: 9781561011971
• ISBN-10: 1561011975
• Artikelnr.: 21062381

Autorenporträt

ELLEN F. DAVIS is Associate Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity School. She has previously taught at Union Seminary, Yale Divinity School, and the Virginia Theological Seminary. Her other books include a theological commentary on Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs, and Imagination Shaped: Old Testament Preaching in the Anglican Tradition.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Pain and Praise: The Psalms as Common Prayer
Chapter 3 Improving Our Aim: Praying the Psalms Chapter 4 "With My Tears I
Melt My Mattress": The Psalms of Lament Chapter 5 "But Surely Not Those!":
The Cursing Psalms Chapter 6 "Lamenting into Dancing": The Psalms of Praise
Part 7 The Cost of Love Chapter 8 "I've Got to Turn Aside": The Burning
Bush Chapter 9 "Take Your Son": The Binding of Isaac Chapter 10 "The One
Whom My Soul Loves": The Song of Songs Part 11 The Art of Living Well
Chapter 12 Wise Ignorance: The Book of Proverbs Chapter 13 Simple Gifts:
The Book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 14 The Sufferer's Wisdom: The Book of Job
Part 15 Habits of the Heart Chapter 16 Desirable Discipline: Proverbs 8
Chapter 17 A Fool for Love: Exodus 33 Chapter 18 "Like Grass I'm Dried Up":
Psalm 102 Chapter 19 Voluntary Heartbreak: Psalm 51 Chapter 20 Serving in
the Shadows: Isaiah 49 Part 21 Torah of the Earth Chapter 22 "Good-Faith
Springs Up from the Earth": An Essay in Biblical Ecology Chapter 23 Greed
and Prophecy: Numbers 11