Seeing the Face of God: Exploring an Old Testament Theme: An Exegetical Study of Selected Texts in the Pentateuch - Softcover

Satyavani, Puttagunta

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783689633 ISBN 13: 9781783689637

Publisher: Langham Monographs, 2014

Synopsis

The expression the "face of God" is a familiar one to Bible scholars and its meaning has long been a point of disagreement, especially in its use with the verb "to see". While some scholars dismissed the expression as merely a metaphor with little significance, others have compared it to the 'face' of gods and goddesses of the ANE religious context, where worshippers sought an audience with their 'divine' king. Scrutinising previous scholarship and based on careful exegesis of several crucial passages in the Penteteuch, this publication presents the motif "seeing the face of God" in an entirely new context of divine self-revelation.

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About the Author

PUTTAGUNTA SATYAVANI, a native of Andhra Pradesh, India formally trained as a science teacher but later received her Masters in Theology from Union Biblical Seminary, India. She holds an MLitt from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland and received her PhD from Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland. For two decades before returning to academic work Dr Satyavani worked in church planting and ministry among university students and illiterate villagers in both South and North India. After receiving her PhD she returned to India and at present is in ministry among both educated and illiterate people in the Himachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh regions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Langham Monographs
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783689633
• ISBN 13: 9781783689637
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320