Stephen L Cook

• Jarring the Perceptual Field

  Open Access•Stephen L Cook•ARTICLE•Religions•2026

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  Walter Brueggemann’s account of prophetic imagination has illuminated how Israel’s prophets contest dominant cultural assumptions by evoking an alternative consciousness. This essay explores the dynamics behind the prophet’s capacity to perceive and proclaim such an alternative. Through close readings of Zechariah’s first two night visions (Zech 1:7–21), informed by form-critical study of symbolic vision, research on the interpreting-angel motif,…

• Moses and a Prophet Like Moses in Deuteronomy

  Stephen L Cook•CHAPTER•Oxford Handbook of Deuteronomy•2021

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  This chapter critically examines the literary figure of Moses in Deuteronomy, particularly the book’s directive that Mosaic prophecy have an ongoing place in Israel (18:15–22). It begins by examining Moses as Deuteronomy’s distinctive persona, YHWH’s covenant mediator able to present a veritable divine voice to the reader. It then turns to Deuteronomy’s vision of leadership in an ideal Israel, including official prophetic leadership. Deuteronomy …

• Funerary Practices and Afterlife Expectations in Ancient Israel

  Open Access•Stephen L Cook•ARTICLE•Religion Compass•2007•Referencias: 5

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  Ancient Israel was thoroughly familiar with existence beyond death. Individual personalities survived the death of the body, most Israelites believed, albeit in a considerably weakened and vulnerable state. The ensnaring tentacles of Sheol constantly threatened the living-dead, but the fortunate among them were able to use the power of kinship bonds to keep Sheol's threats at bay. The traditional ties of lineage and kin bonding, according to bibl…

• Ezekiel 21-37

  Stephen L Cook•ARTICLE•The Journal of Religion•1999

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• Ezekiel 21-37

  Stephen L Cook•ARTICLE•The Journal of Religion•1999

  Añadir item

• Funerary Practices and Afterlife Expectations in Ancient Israel

  Open Access•Stephen L Cook•ARTICLE•Religion Compass•2007•Referencias: 5

  Añadir item

  Ancient Israel was thoroughly familiar with existence beyond death. Individual personalities survived the death of the body, most Israelites believed, albeit in a considerably weakened and vulnerable state. The ensnaring tentacles of Sheol constantly threatened the living-dead, but the fortunate among them were able to use the power of kinship bonds to keep Sheol's threats at bay. The traditional ties of lineage and kin bonding, according to bibl…

• Moses and a Prophet Like Moses in Deuteronomy

  Stephen L Cook•CHAPTER•Oxford Handbook of Deuteronomy•2021

  Añadir item

  This chapter critically examines the literary figure of Moses in Deuteronomy, particularly the book’s directive that Mosaic prophecy have an ongoing place in Israel (18:15–22). It begins by examining Moses as Deuteronomy’s distinctive persona, YHWH’s covenant mediator able to present a veritable divine voice to the reader. It then turns to Deuteronomy’s vision of leadership in an ideal Israel, including official prophetic leadership. Deuteronomy …

• Jarring the Perceptual Field

  Open Access•Stephen L Cook•ARTICLE•Religions•2026

  Añadir item

  Walter Brueggemann’s account of prophetic imagination has illuminated how Israel’s prophets contest dominant cultural assumptions by evoking an alternative consciousness. This essay explores the dynamics behind the prophet’s capacity to perceive and proclaim such an alternative. Through close readings of Zechariah’s first two night visions (Zech 1:7–21), informed by form-critical study of symbolic vision, research on the interpreting-angel motif,…

Biblical Studies and Interpretation (4 obras) · Philosophy (3 obras) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (2 obras) · Ancient history (2 obras) · Covenant (2 obras) · Development, Ethics, and Society (2 obras) · History (2 obras) · Theology (2 obras) · Afterlife (1 obra) · Anthropology (1 obra)