Well, I’m back, and as promised, here is the paper I read at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society. The paper is entitled, “The Concept of a Godhead in Israelite Religion,” and is written in a somewhat conversational style. It is also geared a bit to a Christian audience (hence the few references early to a Trinity). I plan to create two articles from this: one for a Christian academic audience, the other for a broader audience. Have a look and let me know if there’s something that’s hard to follow. I didn’t do much in the way of footnotes; I’ll be adding that sort of thing as I revise for publication.
5 Responses to “ Back from Conferences; Reviving the TWO POWERS blog ”
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December 9th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Hey Mike glad to this Blog back up - just wondering about when you expect your book to be out.
December 11th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Dear Mike,
I would be delighted to have your comments on Gerald R. McDermott and his approach in the book “God’s Rivals” IVP, 2007 especially chapters 2 and 3 which deal with the OT and the Divine Council.
Thanks,
Tim
December 12th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Thanks Mike. This was my favorite of your blogs and I was sad to see it go. I look forward to some thought-provoking posts and hope for some lively discussions in the comments.
December 12th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
@Shiloh: not for a long while
December 12th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
@Tim Wood: Prof. McDermott and I actually corresponded a few times after his book appeared. I sent him my material on divine plurality (which has since been published in the Bulletin of Biblical Research under the title, “Monotheism, Polytheism, Monolatry, or Henotheism? Toward an Assessment of Divine Plurality in the Hebrew Bible”). He was quite grateful, since the OT material is well out of his area of expertise. That said, I told him I thought his chapter on the divine council was a nice overview, and told him I was glad to see an evangelical publisher (IVP) put it out there. The rest of the book has little to do directly with the divine council; it really serves as backdrop to how the church fathers viewed the “light” of truth as present or absent in pagan religion. Incidentally, IVP has also recently published another work with the DC in it. Their latest dictionary (Poetic and Wisdom Literature) has a wonderful article on the divine council (by yours truly :-)).