Holy anger : Jacob, Job, Jesus /

Holy anger : Jacob, Job, Jesus /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Basset, Lytta.
Uniform title:	Sainte colère. English
Imprint:	Grand Rapids : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2007.
Description:	295 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Bible -- Commentaries. Bible. Anger -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Anger -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Commentaries.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13245327

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ISBN:	9780802862372 0802862373
Notes:	Translation of: Sainte col�ere. "English translation published 2007 in Canada by Novalis Publishing Inc. Toronto, Ontario / Montr�eal, Qu�ebec" -- t.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-295). committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Summary:	The author looks at a number of instances of anger in the Bible. She studies Jacobs struggles with the angel, Job's reaction to his many tribulations, and Jesus' reminder that he did not come to bring only peace. Basset shows how anger and violence form part of our complex understanding and experience of God. She presents and interprets key moments of "holy" anger in the Bible, and shows how this anger can result in human goodness and growth. - Cover.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
I. Fear of confrontation
1. Anger censured
2. Fury and complaint, on a par with pain
3. Instead of murder, a violence that speaks the truth
4. Accusing God, even at the risk of death
II. The human meets his match
1. The signs of a dream: "And Jacob was alone..."
2. The unusual detail
3. From Jacob-Heel to Jacob the Confronter
4. Who is the Other?
III. For the sword to pass
1. "Do not think that I have come to bring peace!"
2. What is holy anger?
3. A balanced look at those who are "violent"
4. To bring forth blessing
Conclusion
Appendix. Genesis 4:1-16
Notes
Bibliography