Image of the Invisible
Finding God in scriptural metaphor
Published on 20. September 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-85746-789-8 (ISBN)
Description
When you hear the name 'God', does an image come into your head? Do you think of him as a shining light, or with a human shape, or as an anchor in the storm, a rock, a fortress?
As we look towards celebrating the incarnation at Christmas, we consider how God chose to express himself, in a moment in history, as a tiny baby. But what other images describe God in the Bible, and what can we learn about his character through them? How does an invisible God reveal himself to us in scripture and in Jesus? Amy Scott Robinson, a poet and storyteller, answers this question with imagination and a close reading of the text.
Week 1: When God appears
Week 2: God the creator
Week 3: God the owner
Week 4: Veiled in flesh
Week 5: Visible in creation
As we look towards celebrating the incarnation at Christmas, we consider how God chose to express himself, in a moment in history, as a tiny baby. But what other images describe God in the Bible, and what can we learn about his character through them? How does an invisible God reveal himself to us in scripture and in Jesus? Amy Scott Robinson, a poet and storyteller, answers this question with imagination and a close reading of the text.
Week 1: When God appears
Week 2: God the creator
Week 3: God the owner
Week 4: Veiled in flesh
Week 5: Visible in creation
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
176 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85746-789-8 (9780857467898)
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Person
Amy Scott Robinson is an author and performance storyteller. After studying English at Christ's College, Cambridge, she trained as a teacher and began writing for charities and providers of liturgical resources, before publishing her own works on puppetry and story. She is married to the rector of four rural parishes in Suffolk, where she is also the benefice children's worker. She lives in the Rectory and has two children, two guinea pigs, and at any given moment, a half-finished cup of cold tea.