The iconoclastic Deity : biblical images of God
Print Book, English, ©1984
Bucknell University Press ; Associated University Presses, Lewisburg, London, ©1984
235 pages ; 24 cm
9780838750698, 0838750699
10506487
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I: An approach to images
Biblical images of God: sources and functions
Worship, transcendence, and Biblical images
Images or symbols?
The truth of images
PART II: An interlude: hermeneutics and the second naivete
Naturalistic images of God
Anthropomorphic images of God
Anthropopathic images of God
An interlude: Is "Spirit" an image?
Images of God and Christ in social and historical context
Christ, the image of God
God as creator
The transformation of images
Conclusion: The search for authoritative images and symbols