God of the Prophets: An Analysis of Divine Action
As usual, I only mention books in Logos that have unexpected value (you're not likely to find them, except by being very specific).
This one uses what is call "Content Analysis" (which looks suspiciously like circular thinking). But if you're a bit uncomfortable with Logos' 'sense' classing, this book is quite interesting. And it does use mult--classing.
The author takes a series of passages in the prophets, plus Joel, and then classes participants, actions, and so forth. Then he compares the mix per participant to 'see what happens' (statistical differences, etc).
The first half of the book is in the classing, and requires the most review (classing as potentially its own pattern). And the second part, largely compares YHWH to Israel, and the foreigners, as to various actions. Interestingly YHWH looks more like foreigners (but treats them far worse). Also interestingly, 'image of God' has the best match between the deity and humans, in emotionality; not rationality.
But most useful is how the actual hebrew is classed (if you're doing your own; I do). I copied an initial grouping below, for illustration.
And finally, the author includes summaries of his earlier work (very interesting, if not unusual). Difficult book but thought provoking.
