Mourner, Mother, Midwife: Reimagining God's Delivering Presence in the Old Testament AUTH-3946762 Two grown daughters on the

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Matthew Kressel

Mourner, Mother, Midwife: Reimagining God's Delivering Presence in the Old Testament AUTH-3946762 Two grown daughters on theTraditional understandings of God as deliverer depict God as a mighty liberator warrior and wrathful avenger. Juliana Claassens explores alternative Old Testament metaphors that portray God as mourner, mother, and midwife images that resist the violence and bloodshed associated with the dominant warrior imagery. Claassens discusses how metaphors of God as life giver began to develop in the aftermath of the trauma of Israelite exile. She offers