Speaking of Gods in Figure and Narrative

1. Introduction
Deeanne Westbrook

2. In the Beginning: Time and the Figurative Forms of Creation
Deeanne Westbrook

3. End-Times and Doom-Eagerness
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4. The Power and the Glory: Divine Combatants, Heavenly Hosts, and Holy War
Deeanne Westbrook

5. All in the Family: The Secret Sex Lives of Gods
Deeanne Westbrook

6. Fathers and Sons: Violence and Sacrifice
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7. Look Who’s Talking—and Writing: The Language of Heaven
Deeanne Westbrook

8. The Great Figures of Life and Death: Dualism and Divine Judgment
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9. The Ways of God to Men: Belief, Preordination, Predestination, Rewards and Punishments, Spiritual Economics
Deeanne Westbrook

10. Prophecy and Plot: The Making of the Hero and the Villain
Deeanne Westbrook

11. Prayer, Praise, and the War Plot
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12. Holy Madness
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13. Reflections
Deeanne Westbrook

Nyckelord: Religious Studies, Biblical Studies, Comparative Religion, Literature, general