TY - BOOK AU - Achtemeier,Elizabeth Rice TI - Preaching hard texts of the Old Testament SN - 1565633334 (pbk.) AV - BS 1191.5 .A245 1998 U1 - 251 21 PY - 1998/// CY - Peabody, Mass PB - Hendrickson KW - Bible KW - Old Testament KW - Homiletical use N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; The Holy One of Israel -- Narratives and Law -- "He shall rule over you"--Genesis 3:14-19 -- The sacrifice of Isaac--Genesis 22:1-9 -- "The Lord is a man of war Exodus--15:1-21 -- "Let not God speak to us"--Exodus 19:9-20; 20:18-21 -- "The skin of Moses' face shone"--Exodus 34:29-45 -- The bronze serpent--Numbers 21:4-9 -- Excursis: the ban Deuteronomy--20:10-18 and conquest texts -- Moses forbidden to enter the land--Deuteronomy 24:1-12 -- In the days of the Judges--Judges 4:1-7 -- The rejection of Saul--I Samuel 13:1-5 -- Uzzah and the ark--2 Samuel 6:1-15 -- The translation of Elijah--2 Kings 2:1-12 -- Put away your foreign wives and children--Ezra 9-10 -- The persecution of the Jews--Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 -- Writings -- Skin for skin--Job 2:1-10 -- "When Israel went forth from Egypt"--Psalm 114 -- "By the waters of Babylon"--Psalm 137 -- Sophia--Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 -- "Arise, my love"--Song of songs 2:8-13 -- Prophets and Lamentations -- "Streams in the desert"--Isaiah 35:1-10 -- "I make weal and create woe"--Isaiah 45:1-7 -- "Thou didst pierce the dragon"--Isaiah 51:9-11 -- Strange prophetic actions--Jeremiah 13:1-11 -- Mourning--Lamentations 1:1-6 -- God in human form?--Ezekiel 1:26-28 -- "The saints of the most high"--Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18 -- Marry a harlot--Hosea 1:2-9 -- God's use of natural catastrophes--Amos 4:4-13 -- "The Lord repented"--Amos 7:1-6 -- "The day of the Lord"--Zephaniah 1:14-18 -- The golden lampstand--Zechariah 4:1-14 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hend021/98020141.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0706/98020141-b.html ER -