Bóg naszą Matką (Iz 49,15)?
God our Mother (Is 49,15)?
Author(s): Janusz LemańskiSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Biblical studies, Hermeneutics
Published by: Biblioteka Wyższego Seminarium Duchownego Diecezji Koszalińsko-Kołobrzeskiej
Keywords: God; mother; children; metaphor; forget;
Summary/Abstract: In the Bible, most metaphors and similes used to describe the attributes of the God of Israel are masculine (king, warrior, shepherd, viticulturist). However, the image of God as father is dominant. During the Babylonian crisis, however, a new way of describing the character of God appears - a metaphor associated with the image of mother, being a response to the belief that God "forgot" (Is 49, 14-15) the covenant and his children.
Journal: Rocznik Skrzatuski
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 13-23
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Polish