Search Question

Clint Cozier

I'm trying to evaulate something N.T. Wright says (The Lord and His Prayer):

The first occurrence in the Hebrew Bible of the idea of God as the Father comes when Moses marches in boldly to stand before Pharaoh, and says: Thus says YHWH: Israel is my son, my firstborn; let my people go, that they may serve me (Exodus 4.22-3).

The problem is that in the Exodus passage, Israel is God's son, but God is never called Father. Working from the tagging in Exodus, the best search I could come up with to examine Wright's statement was:

<Person God> INTERSECTS {Section <PreachingTheme = Adoption>}

That broadly works, though it leaves 21 preceding passages in Genesis to sift through by hand. If I had my choice, I'd pick up the {Section <Culture God as father>} tag from "Father" in Matt 6:9 and use that, but that tag isn't in the Exodus passage Wright mentions. 

How can I get more granularity in the search? Thanks.

Dave Hooton

You can work with:

{Section <PreachingTheme = God: Father>},  {Section <PreachingTheme = Adoption>}    ---> comma separated list

Intersection with <Person God> will remove some passages, though.

Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

Clint Cozier said:

The problem is that in the Exodus passage, Israel is God's son, but God is never called Father. Working from the tagging in Exodus, the best search I could come up with to examine Wright's statement was:

Another search idea is:

{Section <PreachingTheme God: Father>} INTERSECTS (son,father)

Keep Smiling [:)]