God of the Prophets: An Analysis of Divine Action

The God of the Prophets: An Analysis of Divine Action......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 11
Introduction......Page 12
Part I: BACKGROUND......Page 14
1. Introduction to Content Analysis......Page 15
a. Content Analysis and the Computer......Page 16
b. Categories......Page 18
c. Content Analysis: Sample Applications......Page 19
2. Content Analysis and Biblical Studies......Page 23
3. Previous Studies by the Author......Page 25
4. Formal Connection with Content Analysis......Page 26
2. Hypotheses to Be Tested......Page 27
4. Particular Null Hypotheses......Page 28
2. Recording Units......Page 30
3. Category Standardization......Page 31
4. Construction of Categories......Page 33
2. The Category System Illustrated......Page 36
3. The Numeric Scale, Evaluation......Page 38
4. Coding Systems which Informed the Present Category System......Page 41
5. Perfect Coding?......Page 42
6. Summary......Page 43
1. Fields Entered into the Database......Page 44
2. Sample of the Coded Database......Page 45
b. Metacategories according to their Groups [23 total]......Page 46
c. Categories according to their Metacategories and Groups [105 total]......Page 47
d. Detailed Category Descriptions......Page 51
e. Suggested Additional Categories for Expanded Studies......Page 58
4. Other Field Descriptions......Page 59
1. The Process of Producing an Analysis......Page 63
2. Other Particulars Concering the Analyses and Accompanying Charts......Page 70
Part II: THE ANALYSIS......Page 76
1. General Description of Activity in SPP......Page 77
2. Divine versus Human Activity......Page 84
3. Israelite versus Foreigner Activity......Page 88
4. Divine versus Israelite Activity......Page 91
5. Divine versus Foreigner Activity......Page 94
7. Divine Activity versus Divine Reception......Page 97
8. God to Humans versus Humans to God......Page 103
9. God to Israelites versus Israelites to God......Page 106
10. God to Foreigners versus Foreigners to God......Page 109
11. God to Foreigners versus Foreigners to Israelites......Page 112
12. Divine Reception versus Human Reception......Page 115
13. Israelite Reception versus Foreigner Reception......Page 119
14. Divine Reception versus Israelite Reception......Page 121
15. Divine Reception versus Foreigner Reception......Page 125
16. Israelites to God versus Foreigners to God......Page 128
a. Question: Whom does God Resemble More—Israelites or Foreigners?......Page 130
b. Question: God in a Human Image?......Page 135
d. Reflection: The Treatment of Foreigners by God......Page 136
e. Summary of Divine Activity and Reception versus That of Others......Page 137
1. General Description of Activity in Joel......Page 141
2. Divine versus Human Activity......Page 149
3. Israelite versus Foreigner Activity......Page 152
4. Divine versus Israelite Activity......Page 155
5. Divine versus Foreigner Activity......Page 158
6. Divine versus Insect Activity......Page 161
7. God to Israelites versus Insect Activity......Page 165
8. God to Israelites versus God to Foreigners......Page 168
9. God to Israelites versus Israelites to God......Page 171
10. God to Foreigners versus Foreigners to God......Page 174
11. God to Foreigners versus Foreigners to Israelites......Page 176
12. Divine Activity versus Divine Reception......Page 178
13. Divine Reception versus Human Reception......Page 182
14. Israelite Reception versus Foreigner Reception......Page 184
15. Divine Reception versus Foreigner Reception......Page 187
16. Israelites to God versus Foreigners to God......Page 190
17. Summary of Activity in Joel......Page 192
1. All Activity......Page 193
2. Divine Activity......Page 198
3. God to Humans......Page 201
4. God to Israelites......Page 203
5. God to Foreigners......Page 206
6. Divine Reception......Page 209
7. Humans to God......Page 211
8. Israelites to God......Page 214
9. Foreigners to God......Page 217
10. Summary of SPP versus Joel......Page 220
1. Purpose and Procedure......Page 224
2. Approaches by Others......Page 225
3. The Character of God in Prophetic Materials......Page 228
4. God and Natural Forces: God's Indirect Activity......Page 238
5. The 'Image of God' and Anthropomorphic Conceptions of God in the Old Testament......Page 243
6. Ways in which the Method Used Aided the Reaching of Conclusions......Page 247
7. Summary of Highlights......Page 249
1.God Said (1984)......Page 251
3. An Identification and Comparison of Elements in Zechariah 1–8 (1988)......Page 252
5. Zephaniah 1 (1989)......Page 253
7. Who Was Israel in the Eighth Century BCE? (1990)......Page 254
8. Nahum: A Thesaurus of Violence (1990)......Page 255
1. Emphasized Action Category Dictionary......Page 256
2. Activity Evaluation Dictionary......Page 262
3. English List of All Activities......Page 268
4. Hebrew List of All Activities......Page 296
Bibliography......Page 325
M......Page 328
Z......Page 329