Who Is Like Yahweh?: A Study of Divine Metaphors in the Book of Micah

by Juan Cruz

Recent theology has seen a renewed vigour in debates about the nature and character of God. Juan Cruz turns to one of the prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Micah, to consider the metaphors it uses to portray the God of Israel and what they reveal about the deity. The book of Micah contains two dominant types of metaphor for Yahweh, namely the legal metaphors in 1:2-16 and 6:1-16 and the pastoral metaphors in 2:12-13, 4:6-7, 5:1-4a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3525540477
• ISBN13: 9783525540473
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"