Journal ArticleHarvard Theological Review · July 1, 2024
Although biblical scholars are increasingly turning their attention to the question of God's body, few clarify how precisely this “body” complicates the long-held claim that God is immaterial. The present article addresses this oversight by attending to th ...
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Journal ArticleNew Testament Studies · April 1, 2023
Although an increasing number of works are focusing on depictions of God in the New Testament, none so far specifically focus on how these depictions rely on anthropomorphic language in their presentation of God. This article attends to this oversight by t ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Biblical Literature · January 1, 2021
Although biblical interpreters often frame divine anthropomorphism as a problem to be overcome, biblical texts themselves typically do not betray any embarrassment over divine anthropomorphism. Instead, biblical texts depict the God of Israel in deeply ant ...
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Journal ArticleJournal for the Study of the New Testament · March 1, 2020
This article explores how divine discourse in Luke–Acts intersects with the sense of sight. Divine discourse is never simply heard, for speech crosses sensory lines and blurs any clear demarcation between the verbal and the visual. In exploring these senso ...
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Journal ArticleNew Testament Studies · July 1, 2019
This article problematises the widespread assumption that the God of early Christianity is an invisible God. This assumption is found in both popular and academic discourse and often appeals to biblical critiques of divine images to make its case. Yet whil ...
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Journal ArticleJournal for the Study of the New Testament · June 1, 2016
The theme of sight plays a central role throughout the book of Acts. While some scholars have identifi'ed this theme, especially with respect to visions, they typically overlook the intersection of sight and audition. This article argues that Luke pairs se ...
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