Yahweh Versus Baalism

by Wolfgang Bluedorn

The author uses a literary-theological approach to argue that the main theme of the combined Gideon-Abimelech narrative is a theological one, where the narrator demonstrates Yahweh's supreme power and contrasts it with the absence of Baal, the representative of foreign gods. While the Gideon narrative focuses on Yahweh and the illustration of his power and contrasts it with Gideon's limited capacities, the Abimelech narrative demonstrates Baal's absence,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841272000
• ISBN13: 9781841272009
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: T & T Clark International
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.6"