The God we seek portraits of God in the Old Testament - Turner, Mary Donovan (Chalice Press, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Anointing one -- Buckler -- Cloud -- Comforter -- Compassionate one -- Creator -- Dawn -- Deliverer -- Dew -- Eagle -- Enemy -- Father -- Father of orphans -- Fire -- Fortress -- Friend -- God almighty / El Shaddai -- Healer -- Helper -- Hiding place -- Holy one -- Hunter -- Husband -- Judge -- Leopard, lion, mother bear -- Light -- Maggots / Moth / rottenness -- Midwife -- Mother / Woman giving birth -- My chosen portion / My cup -- Parent -- Potter -- Prosecutor -- Protector of widows -- Redeemer -- Rufuge -- Rock -- Salvation -- Shade / Shadow -- Shepherd -- Shower -- Song -- Stronghold of the oppressed -- Suffering one -- Sun -- Sustainer -- The One who lifts up my head -- Vineyard owner -- Voice -- Warrior -- Wrestler
One word cannot say all that can be said about God. For that reason, God takes on many names and metaphors in the Bible?Yahweh, Elohim, El, El Elyon, El Olam, El Berith, El Roi, my rock, my shield, my stronghold, my salvation, creator, redeemer, helper, judge?each name or metaphor painting a different portrait of God. Each metaphor gestated from a community?s experience with God. Thus, some metaphors may paint God as a God filled with wrath and judgment, while others paint a loving God. So, who is God? How do we perceive him and know him and why? The God We Seek examines many of the metaphors found in the Bible and explains the differences between them. It will help you understand the God that was known by people who lived hundreds and thousands of years ago and perhaps to learn from them
Keywords: Bible -- Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; RELIGION / Christian Theology / General; RELIGION / Theology; Bible / Old Testament; God / Biblical teaching; Bibel; Gott; Theologie; God -- Biblical teaching